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- NOTE: If viewing this file and it appears confused, make the window very wide!
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- The numbers are all in the proper format for easy use in Starry Night's
- orbit editor. Just click on the word Sun in the planet floater and then
- click on add. In the first window that appears select the comet as the type
- of object you want to add. Please see the manual for more information.
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- The orbital information should have the reference plane set at Ecliptic
- 2000 and the Style should be pericentric. Don't forget to use copy and
- paste to ease the input of the orbital data into Starry Night.
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- This file kindly prepared by the IAU Minor Planet Center & Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
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- Num Name Mag. Diam e q Node w i Tp Epoch k Desig Reference
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- Hale-Bopp -2.0 0.0 0.994938 0.913511 282.3808 130.5540 89.4248 2450539.5681 2451400.5 10.0 C/1995 O1 MPC 35204
- Giacobini-Zinner 9.0 0.0 0.706413 1.033853 195.3981 172.5470 31.8591 2451138.8102 2451400.5 15.0 21P MPC 25184
- Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 4.0 0.0 0.045958 5.722922 312.7827 48.1163 9.3851 2453185.2540 2451400.5 10.0 29P MPC 23105
- Shoemaker-Levy 8 7.0 0.0 0.289536 2.721130 213.3175 22.6059 6.0502 2451523.0870 2451400.5 20.0 135P MPC 34126
- Spacewatch 10.0 0.0 0.998951 3.436298 317.6682 285.9365 72.7145 2451510.0730 2451400.5 5.0 C/1997 BA6 MPC 35204
- Encke 11.5 0.0 0.847319 0.338494 334.6644 186.4575 11.7821 2451797.0774 2451400.5 15.0 2P MPC 29882
- Faye 8.0 0.0 0.568176 1.656988 199.3387 204.9711 9.0488 2451304.6057 2451400.5 15.0 4P MPC 27081
- Tempel 1 5.5 0.0 0.518987 1.499976 68.9682 178.9184 10.5411 2451546.1273 2451400.5 25.0 9P MPC 29881
- Tempel 2 5.0 0.0 0.522813 1.481682 118.2115 195.0202 11.9766 2451429.9166 2451400.5 25.0 10P MPC 27082
- Wolf 5.5 0.0 0.407166 2.413520 204.1226 162.2852 27.5232 2451869.3442 2451400.5 30.0 14P MPC 29882
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