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Catalogue Of Orbits Of Unnumbered Minor Planets

Minor Planet Center

The availability of the fifth edition of this catalogue was announced on Minor Planet Circular (MPC) 24251. It contains orbital elements for 15587 single-opposition minor planets, all without consideration of perturbations, and is complete through the 1994 Nov. 18 batch of MPCs. The catalogue is available for $30.00 ($40.00 for airmail delivery), and the orbits are also being issued on an MS-DOS diskette for $120.00.

Please read this policy statement on the distribution of catalogues and datasets.

Checks should be made payable to the Minor Planet Center and mailed to:

   Minor Planet Center,
   Mail Stop 18,
   Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
   60 Garden Street,
   Cambridge, MA 02138,
   U.S.A.
Subscribers to the Minor Planet Circulars can have their accounts debited by the appropriate amount.

Orders by credit card can also be accepted.


If the Catalogue of High-Precision Orbits of Minor Planets is also desired, both catalogues are available at the special price of $50.00 ($65.00 for airmail delivery). The corresponding MS-DOS diskettes are available for $200.00 the pair.



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