e equatorial radius is non-positive, the error 
      SPICE(VALUEOUTOFRANGE) is signaled. 
 
   5) If the flattening coefficient is greater than or equal to one, 
      the error SPICE(VALUEOUTOFRANGE) is signaled. 

   6) The error SPICE(EMPTYSTRING) is signaled if the input
      string `body' does not contain at least one character, since the
      input string cannot be converted to a Fortran-style string in
      this case.
      
   7) The error SPICE(NULLPOINTER) is signaled if the input string
     