Modernizing Lowell Observatory's astorb Database
Abstract
The astorb database is an actively currated catalog of orbits for all known asteroids in the Solar System. The full catalog is downloadable from Lowell Observatory and VizieR. The data in astorb are used to support a number of observational planning tools hosted at astetoid.lowell.edu. Since 2016 we have been funded by NASA to modernize both the underlying database infrastructure and the front-end web applications. We will present an overview of the current astorb ecosystem and plans for future development.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13..644M