Lowell astorbDB

Total Known: Total Plotted:

X-axis: Semi-Major Axis Y-axis: Inclination

Lowell Observatory offers this website to assist with asteroid observation planning and to faciliate data mining across multiple surveys. Orbital solutions are calculated in-house based on Minor Planet Center observations.

Populations:

NEA Groups: High Error Objects Low Delta V Low Opposition Recent NEAs

Asteroid populations are based on computed dynamical types.

Advanced Query:

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Constraints:

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Max.

Semi-major Axis (au):

Aphelion (au):

Perihelion (au):

Current Heliocentric Distance (au):

Eccentricity:

Inclination:

Absolute Magnitude:

Plot Settings:

X-Axis

Y-Axis

Color Scale on

Max Points

Observatory

UTC Date

Time Step

Duration

Supress Daylight

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Tool Descriptions

UpObjects

Interactive table of observable NEOs

AstEph

Asteroid and observatory-specific ephemeris generator.

AstFinder

Build finder chart for a given asteroid and time.

AstInfo

Return orbital and physical properties for a given asteroid.

AstObs

Observability chart for asteroids and observatory.

MOID List

Asteroids whose orbits are near one or more of the major planets.

Critical List Of Asteroids

Asteroids in need of observation due to large ephemeris uncertainty.

Asteroid Orbital Elements

Access to, and information about, the astorb orbital elements database.

Hierarchical Observing Protocol

Generate asteroid observing priority list given a set of criteria.

Lowell Observatory offers these tools to assist with asteroid observation planning and to facilitate data mining across multiple surveys. Orbital solutions are calculated in-house based on Minor Planet Center observations.

This website is in the process of being upgraded and as such is in beta status; some tools may experience bugs. If a bug is particularly important, please direct concerns to asteroid@lowell.edu.

Recent Updates

For the full history of updates see the updates page.