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--- en:documentation:internet [2016/01/18 16:10] – admin
+++ en:documentation:internet [2017/01/13 22:03] (current) – [Asteroids] pch
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 The upper input area contains the URLs for comets, you can choose the site and protocol to download from by a click on one of the four buttons:
-  * **MPC Ftp** comet data from **[[ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/MPCORB/COMET.DAT|cfa-ftp.harvard.edu]]** by the FTP protocol
+  * **MPC Http** comet data from **[[http://www.minorplanetcenter.net|www.minorplanetcenter.net]]** by the HTTP protocol
-  * **MPC Http** same as above, only **[[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft00Cmt.txt|HTTP protocol]]**
   * **Default** sets the URL to the same as MPC HTTP.
+No more mirror sites are available right now.
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 The lower input area shows the MCP URLs that are used for asteroids, you can choose the source for the orbital elements by clicking one of the six buttons:
-  * **MPCORB > 70MB!** for full file (more than 300.000 asteroids, FTP protocol mandatory)
+  * **First 5000** the first 5000 numbered asteroids updated daily (file downloaded from CdC Site)
-  * **First 5000** for a choice of 5000 asteroids (file downloaded from CdC Site)
+  * **First 5000 + NEO + TNO** the same as above with the addition of NEO, TNO and unusual objects.
-  * **Bright + NEO + TNO** For three MPC lists of asteroids (bright, unusual and distant)
+  * **MPCORB > 70MB!** for full file (more than 700.000 asteroids), beware this can slow down the chart display.
-  * **Default** is same as **First 5000 + NEO + TNO**.
+  * **Default** is same as **First 5000**.
-  * **astro.cz > 70B!** A MPC-mirror situated in the Czech Republic. 300.000 asteroids, by HTTP
-  * **First 5000 + NEO + TNO** 5000 asteroids + the unusual and distant
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