Table information for 'mp3c_main.mpcorb'

General

Table Description: Minor Planet Center (MPC) data.

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: This service publishes minor body data, including orbits, masses, diameters, albedos, families and magnitudes. The tables have the same format as those used by the Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue (MP3C) user-friendly interface at https://mp3c.oca.eu/ and let you run more complex queries than the web interface.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue - Website mirror'

Resource Reference URL: https://mp3c.oca.eu/

Citing this table

This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference 2013DPS....4520829T (ADS BibTeX entry for the publication) either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:MP3C_Web,
  year=2022,
  title={Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue - Website mirror},
  author={Delbo, Marco},
  url={https://dachs.oca.eu/tableinfo/mp3c_main.mpcorb},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {OCA} Data Center}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
number Number MPC body number N/A meta.id
name Name Name of body (asteroid or dwarf planet). May be an alternative designation. N/A meta.id
bid Bid Body ID representing an asteroid or dwarf planet across tables. Useful for JOIN queries. Body IDs are consistent only within a given version of the database and may change with time. N/A meta.id
packed_designation Packed_designation MPC packed designation of body (asteroid or dwarf planet). N/A meta.id
a A MPC orbit semi-major axis. AU phys.size.smajAxis
e E MPC orbit eccentricity. N/A src.orbital.eccentricity
i I MPC orbit inclination, J2000.0. deg src.orbital.inclination
sin_i Sin_i MPC orbit sine of inclination. N/A N/A
perihelion Perihelion MPC orbit argument of perihelion. deg src.orbital.periastron
node Node MPC longitude of the ascending node, J2000.0 deg src.orbital.node
m M MPC mean anomaly at epoch. N/A src.orbital.meananomaly
n N MPC mean daily motion. deg/d src.orbital.meananomaly
epoch Epoch MPC epoch (terrestrial time, TT). N/A time.epoch
n_obs N_obs MPC number of observations. N/A meta.number;obs
n_opp N_opp MPC number of oppositions. N/A meta.number
multiopp_year_first_observed Multiopp_year_first_observed MPC year first observed. N/A time
multiopp_year_last_observed Multiopp_year_last_observed MPC year last observed. N/A time
singleopp_arc_length Singleopp_arc_length MPC arc length for single-opposition orbits. d time
rms Rms MPC RMS residual. N/A stat.fit.residual

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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