Golly this is so simple....the file:
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft02Cmt.txt
can be added to your bookmarks and downloaded/saved and then simply put the newest
version in your GUIDE folder, changing the NAME to:
Comets/Soft02Cm.txt (leaving off the "t")....
Easy and updates in less than 30 seconds.

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From: "Woodchuk woodl@... [guide-user]" <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] 45P in 3 different locations?


> Pete
>
> Go to:
> http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/EphemOrbEls.html
>
> click on "Comets"
> On page select "Orbital elements in form suitable etc,etc, etc"
> On that page Select "Guide(Project Pluto)"
> Right click on page and "Save as" to where you want it to go
> Then alter name to "soft02cm.txt"
>
> Voila
>
> Larry Wood
>
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>
> On 2017-02-27 12:30 PM, pecorp@... [guide-user] wrote:
>> HI Bill,
>>
>>
>> So the simple solution is to use the Guide 9 EXTRAS/ADD MPC
>> COMETS&ASTEROIDS/DOWNLOAD UPDATED COMET DATA. This did fetch/update the
>> Soft02cm.txt file you referred to as Soft02Cmt.txt in a current email to Ted.
>> Is this text file what Guide uses directly as the comet data file?
>>
>>
>> Just did that. Don't know where Guide will clue me that the orbital elements
>> were published
>> on MPEC 2017-C71. But Soft02cmt.txt is showing as being downloaded today.
>>
>>
>> And I'm not sure what files we're dealing with or where Soft02cm.txt comes
>> from. The MPC downloads do have a CometElx.txt that may be downloaded. Would
>> one normally download this and rename it as a .dat file if the observatory
>> network link were down and I had to carry data on a flash drive?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your patience Bill.
>>
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>
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