Obviously if you put your mpcorb somewhere else safe (so as not to
have to redownload it if you change your mind) download neatod.dat,
which only has neos (at a guess) and rename it to mpcorb.dat or
mpcorbcr.dat (dependent of preference) then you have an mpcorb.dat
only populated with neas.

If you set up a coupla batch files you can toggle.

say, for egg sample you have neatod.dat on drive F and mpcorb on drive
Q and Guide on drive D

Then a batch file called n.bat that could be run from START->Run at
windows front end (if you have a version of windows that can't run dos
commands I have no sympathy, whatsoever) and one called m.bat

n.bat would look like this :-

@echo off
copy f:\neatod.dat d:\mpcorb.dat /Y


Whilst m.bat would look like this

@echo off
copy q:\mpcorb.dat d:\mpcorb.dat /Y

thus enabling the toggleage between a neat only and a full mpcorb.

The /Y bit disables confirmation prompting, which slows it down as it
needs a y/n confirmation, not needed if you've got the paths correct.

You simply type in m or n in START->RUN at windows desktop, via the
start menu, if you've saved n.bat and m.bat in the windows or winnt
directories.

If the dos window doesn't close automatically on completion, you've to
set n.pif and m.pif to "close on exit" via properties. If you haven't
got an autogenerated n.pif and m.pif, well, I've forgotten how to do
that bit.

Cheers

John

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Lawrence Harris <lawrence@...> wrote:
>
> Can I check that I understand this correctly? I delete the original
MPCorb.dat.
> I replace it with the latest neatod.dat. I also make a second copy of
> neatod.dat and rename it mpcorb.dat and place it in the same folder.
I did that
> and I am curious to see all of the asteroids listed in the 'table',
even showing
> Pluto and names that I would not have associated as being NEOs.
Maybe I have a
> steep learning curve here - but can you just confirm that I did the
right thing?
> If so, this would seem to be an elegant method :-)
>
> TIA
>
> Lawrence
>
>
> >Re: NEO asteroids
> > Posted by: "P. Clay Sherrod" drclay@... drclay2002
> > Date: Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:50 pm ((PST))
> >
> >Hello Lawrence....
> >If you load ONLY the "neatod.dat" files and add that file under two
different names to
> >the Guide folder (neatod.dat and mpcorb.dat).....same file exactly,
just fool Guide and
> >change the name of the original neatod.dat file from the MPCORB
daily database:
> >
> >Then go to "Extras" and make sure to toggle "USE MPCORB" on....it
will show those
> >asteroids on the list. We update daily here at ASO and incorporate
those two identical
> >files for both Guide8 star fields and Charon measurements.
> >
> >Clay
> >-------------
> >Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
>