Andy Puckett Jul 2, 2012
On Jul 2, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> > When I try to get an orbit diagram for a potential new discovery
> > from Ephemeris -> Pseudo-MPC, I get:
> >
> > The requested URL /cgi-bin/neo.pl was not found on this server.
> >
> > This used to work.
>
> True. I was relying on a script on a JPL site that has been
> removed, and have been looking for a way to get around that problem.
> It _should_ be possible. The Java applet that shows orbits is still
> available, and I've been able to write static HTML code that gets
> it running with a particular set of orbital elements.
>
> The problem has been in getting the orbit viewer to appear with
> the orbital elements for the asteroid in the MPEC. Still looking into
> how to do that. The problem was reported to me a while back, and
> I looked into it then without success. Your e-mail prompted me to
> take another crack at it. I figured out a few things, but can't
> say my progress was very great... perhaps tomorrow! My guess is that
> there is a very simple solution that I'm overlooking.
>
> -- Bill
>
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