See below.....

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Catching up regarding Lawrence's "bright asteroids" coming back from
> the dead; Martin's issue with asteroids not showing up; Luc's question
> about getting rectangular RA/dec grids in cylindrical projections.
>
> RE-EMERGING BRIGHT ASTEROIDS:
>
> Lawrence, my first thought was that perhaps MPC had done something
> weird with the MPCORB format. (Every now and then, it's been changed
> unexpectedly.) But I got a fresh copy of 'mpcorb.dat', and all worked
> Just Fine. So I'm mystified.
>
> Is it possible that you have two installs of Guide on your hard drive,
> and only one got updated?

Nope. I have always used c:\guide\etc


> Failing that, I'd suggest deleting the file 'astnames.dat'. This
> will force Guide to rebuild MPCORB-related files; it could be there
> is some other cached file that hasn't been properly cleaned out.

Did the delete - no difference.


> (Seems unlikely, though; once you got rid of the spuriously bright
> 2010 DK71, I can't see how it could possibly come back!)
>
> Also: when you click on Help... About Guide, what version date
> do you see?

19 April 2012

This is all done on my 'main' computer. I have a near-paralled system running on my 'observatory' laptop. I have just updated the version to the latest (G-9) etc and it, too, shows 2010 DK71.

Lawrence

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