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[Feature Request] Allow import of a custom asteroid database

I'm interested in observing minor planets from various internet telescopes. Do to this, it's handy to be able to take a custom orbit data file or list of minor planets and import them into a planetary package to check their magnitude and visibility at a given date and location. I have a utility that takes a standard set, for example NEA.txt from the MPC and filter that down based on various search criteria such as object type, uncertainty and so on.

If there was a way to import or create a custom asteroid set that would be great. I guess if I had the Pro version and could import a file with a list of names in the planner, I think that would work too.

Thanks!

David

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    Warnerem

    Yes, I have a subset of asteroids that I want to follow/monitor but many are not in the SNPP list. So I'd like to make my own list (~50 asteroids). Manually entering all is tedious. What is the format for the text file (there are no column headers and several columns just have 0 in them)? In the User Guide, it mentions the data lists, says something about "see format below", but then doesn't show a graphic or a format!

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