Official website
IAU Minor Planet Center
We are the official body that deals with astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets.
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- Instance of
- organization
- Official name
- Minor Planet Center
- Country
- United States
- Official website
- www.minorplanetcenter.net
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- inception
- 1947-00-00
- social media followers
- 21800
- short name
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- different from
- MPC
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Encyclopedic overview
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minor Planet Center” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.