lone_scope2000 Jun 19, 2012
--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Somewhat, though not entirely, along the lines of the MPCORBsorter.exe program:
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/mpcorbx.htm
>
> ("MPCORB extractor") will allow you to create subsets of MPCORB with assorted
> desired properties, involving criteria such as their orbital elements or date last
> observed and so forth. I wrote it because I ran into situations where I wanted to
> (say) look for objects within a certain range of inclinations or eccentricities or
> perihelia distance. Also, I'd heard from some people whose software required a
> DOS/Windows-style text file, with a carriage return and line feed at the end of
> each line. 'mpcorbx' can produce such a file.
>
> If anyone finds a link to the MPCORBsorter.exe program, please let me know,
> and I'll add a link to it from the above page.
>
> -- Bill
>