Why Can't I Find a Certain Named Object?
If you are looking for an object by name, you may be having trouble
finding it. There are a number of possibilities as to why this may
be the case:
- You misspelled the name
- You omitted to include the required C/ or P/ for a named comet
- There is no object with that name
The first two possibilities may be overcome by, respectively, spelling the name
correctly (or using a designation for that object) and including the
required comet identifier.
The last possibility is the most troubling. The MPES contains only
those names that have been approved for use by the
CSBN
and its predecessors. News reports occasionally use unofficial or
unapproved names: you cannot use these names to access objects in the MPES.
Some remarks on any current problem cases are given below.
Current problem cases
- None that we are aware of...
Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.
MPC
