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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

Secure On-Line Ordering (Page 1 of 6)

Use the form below to order services or publications from the MPC, CBAT and/or ICQ using your credit card (MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover).

When you have finished selecting services and/or publications on this page, use the "Process order" button to check that your order is correct. From that page, follow the instructions to complete the transaction on our secure webserver (where you will enter your credit card details), after which you may view a printable receipt.

Note that this is the first of six HTML pages you have to access in order to complete the transaction. Pages have "Page n of 6" in the title, except for pages 3, 4 and 5, which are served up either by the CF secure webserver or by CyberSource.

Prices quoted below are in US dollars. If paying by foreign credit card, the exchange rate used in the transaction will be set by your card's issuer.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

PLEASE NOTE THAT MPC ON-LINE SERVICES WILL BE FREE FROM 2009 OCT. 1. MPC SUBSCRIPTION RENEWALS SHOULD NOT BE MADE BEYOND THAT DATE. THE IAUCs/CBETs/CS, WHICH ARE SERVICES OF CBAT WILL CONTINUE AS SUBSCRIPTION-BASED SERVICES. IF YOU HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION WITH BOTH MPC AND CBAT SERVICES THAT EXPIRES BEFORE OCT. 1, YOU WILL HAVE TO RENEW IN TWO ORDERS: ONE ORDER TO EXTEND BOTH MPC AND CBAT SERVICES TO THE END OF SEPT.; THE OTHER TO EXTEND CBAT SERVICES BEYOND OCT. 1.

Charges should appear on your credit-card statement under the title "SI *SAO CONF REG/SUBSCR 617-495-7220 MA".

If you are ordering a new subscription, please ensure you have read the subscription information.

If you have problems or questions with your order, please contact iausubs@cfa.harvard.edu.


Type of order (REQUIRED)

Select the type of order you are making. If you are doing a renewal you will need to know either your CBAT/MPC account number or ICQ account number, as appropriate. You cannot place more than one type of order in the same transaction.

For all types of order, you must fill in those sections marked REQUIRED. 


 Subscription renewal
     CBAT/MPC account number =   ICQ account number = 

     If you are not changing any services, enter the amount you want
     credited to your existing account: $ 

     Any other selections on this form will be ignored, unless you indicate
     below that you wish to change your subscription items.
      Change my subscription items to those selected below.

 New subscription
     New subscriptions are started at the beginning of each calendar month.
     Requests for new subscriptions should be received here at least five
     working days before the end of the previous calendar month.

 One-off order
     This option is intended for ordering catalogues.
     If you request any subscription services, your order will be flagged
     as a new subscription.

 IAUC line charge payment
     You will need the invoice number which is shown at top-right on the
     invoice you received.

     Enter invoice # 
     Enter total to be charged to your card: $ 

 Donation
     If you wish to donate money to MPC/CBAT/ICQ, enter the amount you
     wish to be charged to your card: $ 

     You may wish to change the donation details below.

Your name and e-mail address (REQUIRED)

Please enter your name as it appears on the credit card you will be using for this order. 

Your name
We need your e-mail address so that we can contact you in case there is a problem with the credit-card transaction. 

Your e-mail address

Your address (REQUIRED)

Enter your credit card's billing address below. You need fill in the delivery address only if you are requesting printed items and the delivery address is different from the billing address. 

Billing Address:
Street 1      Street 2     
Town/City     State/Region 
ZIP/Postcode             Country      

Delivery Address:    Same as billing address
Street 1      Street 2     
Town/City     State/Region 
ZIP/Postcode             Country

Select services and/or publications

Select which services and/or publications you wish to order from the list below. The cost (per month or year for services) is indicated in parentheses. 

 Printed IAU Circulars/CBETs ($9/month, $15/month invoiced)

 Printed Minor Planet Circulars, surface mail ($14.50/month, $22.00/month invoiced)

 Printed Minor Planet Circulars, airmail ($22/month, $30/month invoiced)

 Computer Service ($6/month, $10/month invoiced)

   Select which circulars you want sent via email:
       IAU Circulars/CBETs
       Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
       Suppress DOU Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

   If the e-mail address for delivery of circulars is different from the contact
   e-mail entered above, enter the delivery e-mail addresses below:
     IAUCs 
     MPECs 
   If you enter only one address, both IAUCs and MPECs will
   be sent to that address.

    Start e-mail delivery immediately
      For an additional prorated charge (rounded up to the nearest $0.50),
      e-mail delivery of circulars may begin before the start of the next
      calendar month.  Please note that there may turn out to be no circulars issued
      before the end of the current month.  Note also that this option allows only
      e-mail delivery: CS usernames and passwords will not work until the start of
      the next calendar month.

   Select IAUC/MPEC license type  readers

 Extended Computer Service ($25/month, $25/month invoiced)



 Printed Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 2008, surface mail ($60)
      Number of copies required = 

 Printed Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 2008, airmail ($80)
      Number of copies required = 

 E-mail Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 2008 ($80)

   If the e-mail address for delivery of the e-mail CCO is different from the
   contact e-mail entered above, enter the delivery e-mail address:
   



 Printed ICQ, surface mail, with annual Comet Handbook ($60/yr invoiced, $45/yr uninvoiced)

 Printed ICQ, surface mail, no Comet Handbook ($45/yr invoiced, $30/yr uninvoiced)

 Printed ICQ, airmail, mail, with annual Comet Handbook ($90/yr invoiced, $75/yr)

 Printed ICQ, airmail, no Comet Handbook ($75/yr invoiced, $60/year uninvoiced)

 Printed Comet Handbook 2008, postage paid ($20)
      Number of copies required =

Subscription type and length

You do not need to fill in this section if you are not starting or renewing a subscription. 

 Make this an invoiced subscription

Length of subscription =  months

Donation Details

Unless otherwise requested, donations will be acknowledged in our print publications or our acknowledgment webpages. If you wish, your donation can be recorded as "anonymous". 

 Please anonymise my donation

 Unrestricted donation to general fund
 Donation to MPC
 Donation to CBAT
 Donation to ICQ

Donation restriction (if any) :

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