Astroquery JPL Horizons Python

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I'd like to ask if anyone knows how can i get list of all objects that are in the Solar system. I mean all planets and their natural satellites. Or first 400 objects that are the closest to the barycenter of the solar system. The only thing i can get are planets and not exactly planets but their barycenters, so these aren't even correct coordinates.

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So my husband is a planetary astronomer who studies moons of the outer planets (and Pluto). I thought he'd be able to tell me the answer right off. His response was "It's complicated, there is no central repository."

Most astronomers use the SPICE Toolkit and its Python wrapper. This toolkit has built within it databases for many of the objects that astronomers are interested it.

You can also find the ephemeris of most bodies at JPL Horizons. He has only used it to get one ephemeris at a time, but it may have the ability to generate multiple ephemerides.

Information about minor planets (Pluto, Ceres, Pallus, etc) can be found at the Minor Planet Center.