As long as the file is named "mpcorb.dat" and exists along with the "neatod.dat" file in
your Guide8 folder. They are the very same data, updated daily, just rename "neatod" to
"mpcorb" and have both there.

Clay
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Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
Arkansas Sky Observatories
Harvard MPC/ H43 (Conway)
Harvard MPC/ H41 (Petit Jean Mountain)
Harvard MPC/ H45 (Petit Jean Mtn. South)
http://www.arksky.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Harris" <lawrence@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:03 AM
Subject: [guide-user] Re: NEO asteroids


> 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
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