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This page
allows you to download orbital elements files so that
they can be imported in the C2A Asteroids and Comets tool. These orbital
elementsare updated on a regular basis.
All the orbital
elements provided in this page are in the C2A format (which is a very
simple text format).
| Observable
Comets |
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file com_obs.c2a contains
a list of observable comets (obtained from the Minor
Planet Center site). The URL that can be used directly within C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/com_obs.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
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500
First Asteroids |
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file ast_500.c2a contains
orbital elements for the 500 first asteroids (obtained from the
site of the Bowell
Catalogue). The URL that can be used directly within C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_500.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
| 1000
First Asteroids |
| The
file ast_1000.c2a contains
orbital elements for the 1000 first asteroids (obtained from the
site of the Bowell
Catalogue). The URL that can be used directly within C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_1000.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
| 2000
First Asteroids |
| The
file ast_2000.c2a contains
orbital elements for the 2000 first asteroids (obtained from the
site of the Bowell
Catalogue). The URL that can be used directly within C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_2000.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
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Bright
Asteroids |
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file ast_brgt.c2a contains
the orbital elements of the bright asteroids at opposition in the
current year (obtained from the Minor
Planet Center site). The URL that can be used directly within
C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_brgt.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
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Critical
Asteroids |
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file ast_crit.c2a contains
orbital elements for the critical asteroids (obtained from the Minor
Planet Center site). The URL that can be used directly within
C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_crit.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
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Specific
Asteroids |
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file ast_nea.c2a contains
orbital elements for specific asteroids, such as the "Near
Earth Asteroids" (obtained from the Minor
Planet Center site). The URL that can be used directly within
C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_nea.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
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Distant
Asteroids |
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file ast_dist.c2a contains
orbital elements for distant asteroids (obtained from the Minor
Planet Center site). The URL that can be used directly within
C2A is:
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/orbel/ast_dist.c2a |
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June 15, 2008 |
| Specific
Asteroids and Comets |
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In order
to load the orbital elements provided in this page, simply use the "Import"
dialog box of the C2A Asteroids and Comets tool (which can be displayed
using the button "Import..." of the Asteroids and Comets tool
dialog box). Once this dialog box is displayed, simply specify the name
of the file to be imported (assuming it has been saved locally on your
disk) or use directly the URLs proved above.
Pay special
care to correctly position the «Asteroid» and«Comet» buttons before starting
the importation process. Furthermore, you must check that the import format
is in accordance with the format of the file to be imported (in our case
it is the C2A format).
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