Re: [find_orb] Trouble downloading BC-405

Bill Gray Aug 22, 2014

Hi Ben,

As a short-term workaround, I've posted the file in question at :

ftp://75.68.242.224/shares/USB_Storage/astephem.zip

(a USB memory stick in my router). Download that and extract its
contents in your Find_Orb folder, and you should be all set.

Now, as to why you can't get through with anonymous ftp on the
MPC site... I really don't know. (I'm getting through with anything
vaguely resembling an e-mail address.) But I _do_ know that there
were plenty of issues a while back, mostly involving access to the
MPCORB database. You might want to look at this :

http://projectpluto.com/mpcorb.htm#security

...in particular, at Gareth Williams' comments about anon-ftp near
the end. This is all from far enough back that MPC's methods have
probably changed a bit.

-- Bill

On 08/22/2014 10:50 PM, bennydcanada@... [find_orb] wrote:
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> whenever I go to download BC-405 from the link on Asteroid perturbers in Find_Orb <http://www.projectpluto.com/ast_pert.htm>
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> Asteroid perturbers in Find_Orb <http://www.projectpluto.com/ast_pert.htm>
> Asteroid perturbers in Find_Orb If you add asteroid perturbations in the current version of Find_Orb, you will get the following message: No asteroid ephemeris data is available, so
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> View on www.projectpluto.com <http://www.projectpluto.com/ast_pert.htm>
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> Preview by Yahoo
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> I get the expected login window, but no matter what I enter, it won't log in. I tried "anonymous" and my email address first, as advised on the page.
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> Cheers
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> Ben
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