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A Public–Domain Asteroid Orbit Database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Edward Bowell,
Karri Muinonen and
Lawrence H. Wasserman
Edward Bowell
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory 1400 W. Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff AZ 86001, USA E-mail elgb@lowell.edu
Karri Muinonen
Affiliation:
Observatory P.O. Box 14, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland E-mail karri@ceres.helsinki.fi
Lawrence H. Wasserman
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory 1400 W. Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff AZ 86001, USA E-mail lhw@lowell.edu

Abstract

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We are constructing a database of J2000.0 osculating elements for all asteroids that have reasonably calculable orbits, and to make it publicly accessible via anonymous ftp. The database will be a very dynamic one; it will change on a quasi-daily basis as new observations and orbits become available. At present, an incomplete version of the database is online. In this paper, we present and discuss sample records of asteroid orbital data as they might appear in more mature form.

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