Repository details

IAU Minor Planet Center

Name of repository
IAU Minor Planet Center
Additional name(s)
  • MPC
Repository URL
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/
Subject(s)
Description
The MPC is responsible for the designation of minor bodies in the solar system: minor planets; comets, in conjunction with the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT); and natural satellites (also in conjunction with CBAT). The MPC is also responsible for the efficient collection, computation, checking and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets
Contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
32.883 near-earth objects; 1.298.410 minor planets; 4.600 comets; 408.4; million observations
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpc.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Additional name(s)
  • SAO
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:04mh52z70
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1995
Institution name
IAU Minor Planet Center
Additional name(s)
  • MPC
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1995
Institution name
International Astronomical Union
Additional name(s)
  • IAU
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:05nex2951
Contact(s)
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1995
Institution name
International Astronomical Union , Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Additional name(s)
  • IAU, CBAT
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1995
Institution name
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Center for Near Earth Object Studies
Additional name(s)
  • CNEOS
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1995
Institution name
Tamkin Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • Tamkin Computer Network
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02r88m968
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1998

Policies (1)

Policy Name
World-wide web policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • feeRequired

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • other

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
MPC submission information
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/data
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
FTP

Remarks

Remarks
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The Minor Planet Center derives its operating budget from a five-year NASA grant
Entry date
2013-02-07
Last update
2023-09-22
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re3data.org: IAU Minor Planet Center; editing status 2023-09-22; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3DG6M last accessed: 2024-04-23