--- Sander Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just came across an asteroid, (2025) Nortia which is not in the > asteroid catalog that CdC uses by default. I'm sure there are many of > these but in this case I care because it's an asteroid that will occult > a star soon. I would like to simulate the occultation using CdC. This is > the listed source for the asteroid: > > Data for the minor planet > ------------------------- > * general information: > (number) name: (2025) Nortia > approx. diameter [km]: 40 > approx. diameter ["]: .019 > distance from Earth [AU]: 2.86000 > > * orbital information: > orbit source: Preston > date of fit: 2006 Oct 30 > source of used astrometry: FASTT TMO MPC (via Astdys) > number of used observations: 649 > number of rejected observations: 15 > time covered by the observations: 1935 Mar 04 - 2006 Oct 25 > 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): 0.049, 0.037, 98° > > This is the AstDys site: http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo . > Has anyone attempted > to make CdC play nice with this catalog? > > I did a google search and while CdC and astdys are listed on the same page > with some regularity there > is no description on how to integrate them. > > I'll continue doing some research but if you have any pointers I love to hear > about them. > > For now I'll add the asteroid manually. Does "manually" mean getting the elements file for the asteroid from <http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html>? (choose "The Sky" format). -John ____________________________________________________________________________________ We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
