2024-04-04, 11:01 PM
Hi Greg,
Since I don't have as much information as you, I always end up making some assumptions (many of which are unwarranted, sadly). Carlo's the only other user that I recall who had the issue of an MP search pulling up the wrong MP, but I may have missed them. I haven't experienced that problem since you fixed the bugs. Thank you!
Not knowing what Carlo's ultimate goal is in searching for these MPs, it's hard to be sure how to offer help. If he's willing to download the full MPCORB file, he'll have most of his minor planet bases covered for several months. All he''ll be missing will be the newly added NEOs which can be obtained by downloading the MPC's NEAs at Today's Epoch datafile of ~34k NEOs.
I just thought that you might know why the epoch of osculation in the Current Bright and Interesting Minor Planets file was different than the MPC's old standard epoch. No big deal though. I'll check to see if the epoch changes the next time I download MPCORB.
Thanks,
Phil S.
Since I don't have as much information as you, I always end up making some assumptions (many of which are unwarranted, sadly). Carlo's the only other user that I recall who had the issue of an MP search pulling up the wrong MP, but I may have missed them. I haven't experienced that problem since you fixed the bugs. Thank you!
Not knowing what Carlo's ultimate goal is in searching for these MPs, it's hard to be sure how to offer help. If he's willing to download the full MPCORB file, he'll have most of his minor planet bases covered for several months. All he''ll be missing will be the newly added NEOs which can be obtained by downloading the MPC's NEAs at Today's Epoch datafile of ~34k NEOs.
I just thought that you might know why the epoch of osculation in the Current Bright and Interesting Minor Planets file was different than the MPC's old standard epoch. No big deal though. I'll check to see if the epoch changes the next time I download MPCORB.
Thanks,
Phil S.