Asteroids and comets
2017-12-01
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I get the orbital elements of asteroids and comets from the Minor Planet Center. For asteroids, I use the file called "Soft00Bright.txt", which lists the brightest minor planets at opposition this year. For comets, Soft00Cmt.txt.
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