Re: corrupt astnames.dat ? and how to fix.

j.van.gijsen@inter.nl.net May 28, 2001

Hi Laurent and all guides,

I just read the message from Bill. Sorry it's not just a problem on
my PC. Thanks for the efford anyway. It kept me puzzeling some time.
I think you mean 4461 nereus, or are you on a different solar
system :-))?

Clear skies
Jan


--- In guide-user@y..., "Laurent Zimmermann" <zmn@s...> wrote:
> I use the 20 may 2001 version.
>
> Without MPCORB, I tried a GoTo Asteroid 5597 and that worked well.
It has
> also the name 1991PC13. Nothing to do with the names you report
(1990SB ou
> 1990RE6).
> With MPCORB (a file I downloaded on 26 april 2001), a GoTO worked
well also.
> This time, a right click on the asteroid gave its name: Warren.
>
> Then I tried a GoTo Asteroid 4460. I got 4460 Bihoro (not Nereus,
because it
> has number 4660). Same results with and without MPCORB.
>
> To get Roddenberry, I need to go to 4659 !
>
> Without MPCORB, a GoTo Albert and a GoTo 719 do not work (Not an
asteroid,
> Guide says).
>
> But with MPCORB, both requests work well : GoTo 719 and GoTo Albert.
>
>
> Your MPCORB file might be corrupted. Perhaps you can fix that with
a recent
> MPCORB file (and perhaps a recent update of Guide :-)
>
>
> Laurent Zimmermann
> http://users.skynet.be/zmn/cab
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <j.van.gijsen@i...>
> To: <guide-user@y...>
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 9:25 PM
> Subject: [guide-user] corrupt astnames.dat ? and how to fix.
>
>
> > Hello guides,
> >
> > This morning I was making some finder charts for asteroid 5597
> > and noticed the name changed from 1990SB to 1990RE6 when I
switched
> > MPCORD on (and ignored it).
> > Now I see on the MPC file for closest approaches next year an
entry
> > for 4460 Nereus. So 4460 and Nerewus will be the correct
combination.
> > When I use the Goto Asteroid for 4660 a goto Roddenberry, but
after
> > swichting off "use MPCORD" it changes to Nereus.
> > What probably has something to do with this; is that and old
version
> > of astnames.dat has one entry for 719 Albert and my latest version
> > two (an extra 15.8 720 Albert). I did a fresh Unzip of astorb.zip
> > but nothing changed.
> > So: am I the only one with this problem, and what can I do about
it ?
> > Removing the extra line in Excel doesn't work because it cannot
load
> > the complete file. Any Advice ?