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• Apollo Minor Planets
  • Listing (in Order of Designation)
  • Listing (in Order of Perihelion Distance)
  • Orbit Diagrams
  • The NEO Page

• Asteroids (see Minor Planets)

• Astrometric Observations
  • How to Report Astrometric Observations
  • Guide to Minor Body Astrometry
  • Observation Submission Format
    • Observatory Codes

• Astronomical Glossary

• Aten Minor Planets
  • Listing (in Order of Designation)
  • Listing (in Order of Perihelion Distance)
  • Orbit Diagrams
  • The NEO Page

• Catalogues
  • Catalogue Distribution Policy
  • Catalogue of Cometary Orbits
  • ICQ Comet Handbook

• Centaur Objects
  • Listing
  • Plot of Outer Solar System

• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)
  • Services
  • Subscribing to CBAT Services
  • How to Report Discovery
  • How to Report Scientific Items

• Comets
  • Observable Comets
  • Correspondence of Old- and New-Style Designations
  • General Cometary Information
  • Recent Comet Magnitude Estimates
  • Glossary of Comet Terms
  • Dates of Last Observation Of Currently-Observable Comets
  • Notes on the Comet Designation System
  • Close Approaches to the Earth
  • Closest Approaches to the Earth
  • Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) Press Information Sheet
  • How to Report a Comet Discovery
  • Designations Assigned in the Past Year
  • Periodic Comet Codes
    • In Alphabetical Order
    • In Numerical Order
  • Dual-status objects

• Computer Service (CS)
  • Subscribing to the CS

• Discoveries, How to Report
  • Discovery Form
  • How to Report a Comet Discovery
  • Information to Include in Discovery Reports
  • How to Submit CCD Images in Support of a Discovery Claim
  • How to Report Scientific Items

• Links to documentation on MPC formats/procedures

• Ephemerides
  • Observable Comets
  • Bright Minor Planets
    • For 2009
    • For 2008
  • Minor Planet Ephemeris Service
  • New Object Ephemeris Generator
  • Observable Distant Minor Planets
  • Observable Critical-List Numbered Minor Planets

• Extended Computer Service (ECS)
  • Subscribing to the ECS

• Feedback Form

• Glossary of some astronomical terms

• Headlines from Recent Circulars

• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • Commission 6 Homepage

• IAU Circulars (IAUCs)
  • IAUC Distribution Policy
  • Line Charges for Non-Discovery Items on IAUCs
  • Sample IAUCs
  • Subscribing to the IAUCs
  • 20 Most-Recent IAUCs

• International Comet Quarterly (ICQ)
  • Functions
  • Sample Pages
  • Subscribing to the ICQ

• Kuiper Belt Objects (see Transneptunian Objects)

• Lists

• Minor Planet Center (MPC)
  • Observation Submission Format
  • Services
  • Subscribing to MPC Services

• Minor Planet Circulars (MPCs)
  • Subscribing to the MPCs

• Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (MPECs)
  • Subscribing to the MPECs
  • 20 Most-Recent MPECs
  • List of MPEC orbit computers

• Minor Planets
  • Close Approaches to the Earth
  • Close Approaches to the Earth by PHAs
  • Closest Approaches to the Earth
  • Correspondence of Designations
  • Discovery Statistics Of Numbered Minor Planets
    • Alphabetical Listing
    • By Number of Discoveries
    • By Site
  • Distribution of minor-planet orbital elements
  • Ephemerides of Bright Minor Planets
    • For 2008
  • Last Observations of...
    • Critical-List Objects
    • Unusual Objects
  • Lightcurve Parameters
    • References for lightcurve parameters
  • Names
    • Alphabetic list of names
    • How minor planets are named
    • Rock & Roll Minor Planets
  • Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
    • Amors
    • Apollos
    • Atens
    • Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)
    • Closest Approaches to the Earth
    • The NEO Page
    • Designations Assigned in the Past Year
    • Breakdown of PHA and NEA discoveries by discovery teams/individuals
  • Provisional Designations
    • New-Style Provisional Designations
    • Old-Style Provisional Designations
    • Temporary Designations
  • Size: Converting Absolute Magnitudes to Diameters
  • Unusual Minor Planets
    • Amor Minor Planets
    • Apollo Minor Planets
    • Aten Minor Planets
    • Centaur Objects
    • Transneptunian Objects
    • Trojan Minor Planets
  • Dual-status objects

• Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
  • Amors
  • Apollos
  • Atens
  • Potentially-Dangerous NEOs
  • Closest Approaches to the Earth
  • The NEO Page
  • Designations Assigned in the Past Year
  • Breakdown of PHA and NEA discoveries by discovery team/individual

• Observations (see Astrometric Observations)

• Orbit Diagrams
  • Comets
  • The Outer Solar System
  • Unusual Minor Planets

• Orbital Elements
  • Observable Comets
  • Observable Distant Minor Planets
  • Observable Critical-List Numbered Minor Planets
  • Observable Unusual Minor Planets
  • For software packages
  • MPCORB (Complete MPC Orbit Database)
    • Links to mirror sites

• Plots
  • Distribution of minor-planet semimajor axes

• Policy Statements
  • Catalogue Distribution Policy
  • IAUC Distribution Policy
  • Web Policy

• Press Information Sheets

• Services
  • CBAT
  • MPC

• Spaceguard Foundation

• Subscriptions
  • Condensed Subscription Information
  • Comprehensive Subscription Information
  • Payments by Credit Card
  • Price List

• Supernovae
  • List of Recent Supernovae
  • List of All Supernovae
  • How to Report Discovery of a Supernova

• Transneptunian Objects (TNOs)
  • List of TNOs
  • Plot of Outer Solar System

• Trojan Minor Planets
  • General Listing
  • List of Jupiter Trojans
  • List of Mars Trojans

• Unusual Minor Planets
  • Amor Minor Planets
  • Apollo Minor Planets
  • Aten Minor Planets
  • Centaur Objects
  • Dates of Last Observation Of Unusual Objects
  • Transneptunian Objects
  • Trojan Minor Planets

• Various Lists and Plots
  • Comet
  • Minor Planet
  • Miscellaneous

• Video Observers
  • Script for determining mini normal places from video observations
  • Documentation (PDF, 660 KB) on using the Normal Places script.

• What's New? A list of new or updated pages on this service.

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