https://github.com/smithsonian/mpc-public
Repository for the Minor Planet Center's open source software.
https://github.com/smithsonian/mpc-public
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Repository for the Minor Planet Center's open source software.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/smithsonian/mpc-public
- Owner: Smithsonian
- Created: 2023-01-24T18:13:31.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-02-25T19:57:44.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-02-25T21:59:31.425Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: astronomy, python
- Language: Jupyter Notebook
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.84 MB
- Stars: 11
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# mpc-public
An over-arching repository to hold various publicly-released pieces of code written by the MPC
Notes for MPC staff/developers can be found in *DEVELOPER_NOTES.md*
## Current contents
### mpc_orb
Last Update: 2025-09-16
- Introduction of a new version: 0.5
- Documentation and code related to a standardized format for the exchange of data on the *best-fit orbit* for solar-system bodies.
- The format uses JSON files for the exchange of data, and is refered to as the *mpc_orb.json* format.
- Documentation is also available on the (https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpcops/documentation/mpc-orb-json/)[MPC Documentation page]
- The *mpc_orb* repository includes:
- json-schema files to define the standard;
- sample orbit files in the format;
- python code to parse & validate example orbit files.
### docs-public
Last Update: 2026-02-11
- `docs-public` provides a landing page for the MPC's documentation website,
[https://docs.minorplanetcenter.net/](https://docs.minorplanetcenter.net/).
### digest2
Last Update: 2026-02-10
- XML-enhanced repository of digest2 code, population model and the configuration files.