I don't know, the procedure seems easy to me. No need to re-invent the
wheel. Bill, I am sure, intended the program to work the way as explain it.

Denis

Lawrence wrote:

> Yes! Thanks Denis - this worked! I tried the previous suggestions; I
> re-edited the file of *.txt to no avail, and also the other one
> (comets.dat) but neither worked. I wonder why the others didn't work!
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> Lawrence
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>>Lawrence,
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>>I am not sure if you did the right procedure.
>>
>>First try, under menu goto 'asteroid' enter '2003 UB313'.
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>>Second, if the object does not exist,
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>>get MPC : http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K05/K05O41.html
>>Right click on the screen and 'save page as...' in a directory.
>>
>>then you have to go to 'extra', 'add MPC comet/asteroid', at the bottom
>>'add asteroids/comets'. Find the MPC file saved above and select. Repeat
>>the first line above.
>>
>>
>>Denis
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