Calculating Super Accurate Ephemerides: NASA's Method

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I was wondering, how does NASA actually calculate their super exact Ephemerides?
 

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I was wondering, how does NASA actually calculate their super exact Ephemerides?

The Horizons site you linked has detailed documentation online. Have you looked at it? What part of it is unclear?
 
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