Hi Bill (et al)

Yes, I was trying to persuade MPC to deliver .... but using the
Guide 'title' I couldn't persuade it. I asked this query a year or
more back but could not recall the answer!

Thanks again to everyone.

Lawrence

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> I gather you're wondering what _MPC_ is looking for,
> rather than what _Guide_ is looking for?
>
> I went to MPES, entered C/2007 W1, and got data for the comet.
> Dropping the C/ and just entering 2007 W1 worked.
>
> In Guide, I went to Go To... Object Name, and entered
> C/2007 W1. (Or, as Bob mentioned, you can generate a list of
> comets to a desired magnitude, then click on the one you want.
> Or you can use Quick Info; this lists currently bright comets.
> Type '2007 w1', and it will jump ahead in the Quick Info listing
> and find the comet in question.)
>
> Clay, I think you're thinking of Charon. Specifying an object
> name in Charon is somewhat odd; in this case, you have to use
> 'cC/2007 W1' to tell it that you want to know about a comet named
> C/2007 W1. Guide is slightly brighter in this regard, and can
> figure out what C/2007 W1 means. (In truth, both really should be
> able to figure out that "2007 W1", or any year/letter/number
> designation, probably means a comet.)
>
> Bob, Andrea Boattini has been a very busy comet (and asteroid)
> hunter: he has also found comets P/2008 O3, C/2008 S3, and
> P/2008 T1, as well as recovering P/1892 T1 = 2008 T3 Barnard-
Boattini.
> Plenty of room for confusion here, which is probably why MPC
> prefers use of the year/letter/number designations.
>
> -- Bill
>