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This page and the associated data files are made available courtesy of the IAU's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, Minor Planet Center and the ICQ.
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Users are warned that the magnitude parameters quoted in some of these packages are uncertain.
Elements are currently available for the following packages:
Information on the MPC's format is here. Information on the other formats may be located on the relevant home pages.
Data for further packages will be added when data on the proprietary
formats used for the storage of orbital elements is made available by the
software authors. Note that any new formats to be supported must
include the comet designation and the reference to the orbit.
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