[APBeta] Comet data

[Paul Rodman]

It looks like I need to do some additional processing to determine if  
the data is "old style" or "new style". I will see what I can do (once  
I have unburied myself from the pile of e-mail). Feel free to post a  
formal bug report.

Paul R.

On Jan 19, 2009, at 02:24 PM, RPEHLM wrote:

> Wait a cotton-pickin minute!!!
>
> Just checked a bit further down the Comet.dat file.  There is a  
> format change after the 89'th line.  Values CometObject(n) where  
> n<=89 produce the effect previously described.  n>=90 produce what I  
> would expect to see.  For exampe, n=90 produces:
>
> ID: [C/1995 01   ]
> Name: [Hale-Bopp         ]
>
> So why the change in formatting?
>
> Regards
> Robin
>
> RPEHLM wrote:
>> Hi gang,
>>
>> I'm using the following script fragment to check out Comet.dat data:
>>
>> dim apco as APCometObject
>> apco = CometObject(1)
>> if apco = nil then
>> debug "Comet object not found!"
>> else
>> debug "Comet object found"
>> debug "ID: [" + apco.ID + "]"
>> debug "Name: " + apco.Name + "]"
>> end
>>
>> This fragment produces:
>>
>> Comet object found
>> ID: [2P/Encke    ]
>> Name: [                   ]
>>
>> Looking at the contents of Comet.dat it looks like ID should be  
>> "0002P" and Name should be "2P/Encke" (maybe with some trailing  
>> padding).  I tried the fragment with several other values for  
>> CometObject(n), all produced the same result e.g. ID=something,  
>> Name=blank.
>>
>> Given that I know zip about cometary data is my assumption about  
>> the contents of the ID and Name fields correct?  Should I raise a  
>> bug report or is my assumption wrong?
>>
>> Regards
>> Robin
>> P.S. The Comet.dat file was downloaded from <http://www.astro.cz/mpcorb 
>> > and was dated 15-Oct-2008 (seems a bit old to me, but there you go)
>>
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