Orbital Elements: Critical-List Minor Planets

Disclaimer: Mention here of a particular software package does not in any way represent an endorsement of the product.

This page and the associated data files are made available courtesy of the IAU's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams and Minor Planet Center.

The elements can be saved to your local machine by using your browser's `Save As' facility, ensuring that you select `Plain text' as the format for the saved document.

This page may be freely pointed-to from your own Web page but elements offered here are intended for your own personal use and must not be further distributed.

Elements are currently available for the following packages:

• MPC format
• SkyMap (SkyMap Software)
• Guide (Project Pluto)
• xephem (E. Downey)
• Home Planet (J. Walker)
• MyStars! (Relative Data, Inc.)
• TheSky (Software Bisque)
• Starry Night (SiennaSoft)
• Deep Space (D. Chandler)
• PC-TCS (D. Harvey)
• Earth Centered Universe (Nova Astronomics)
• Dance of the Planets (ARC)
• SkyChart III (Southern Stars Software)
• Voyager II (Carina Software)
• SkyTools (CapellaSoft)
• Autostar (Meade Instruments)

Data for further packages may be added when data on the proprietary formats used for the storage of orbital elements is made available by the software authors. It is recommended that new software support the MPC orbit format.

Disclaimer: CBAT/MPC reserve the right not to include data for a particular package.

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