MPC Help Center

Welcome to the Minor Planet Center Help Center

Useful information
  • If you want to go back to the MPC website, please follow this link to the MPC Home Page
  • For instructions on how to use Jira and some useful tips, please check the MPC Contact Page
  • Your ticket will only be seen by the MPC staff, but you can opt-in to view and share Jira tickets with other MPC Users. This google doc explains step-by-step how to do it.
  • Before you open a Jira ticket, please check on our Frequently Asked Questions page if we have already answered to your question.
  • For important communication from the MPC, please check our Status Page.
  • The MPC is in the process of restructuring the web sites. Some pages are already deprecated or will be soon deprecated. For a complete list, please check our
    Deprecated Pages page.

Portals

  1. General Support

    Welcome! You can raise a MPC help General Support request from the options provided. This includes problems with MPC services and data, issues with submissions, and problems with discovery credit.

  2. NEOCP HELP

    Welcome! You can raise a NEOCP request from the options provided.

  3. Comets HELP

    Welcome! You can raise a Comet request from the options provided.

  4. TNOs and Natural Satellite HELP

    Welcome! You can raise a TNOs or Natural Satellite HELP request from the options provided.

  5. Database Replication

    Welcome! You can raise a request for Database Replication using the options provided.

  6. Online Reporting Astrometric Observations

    Welcome!

    For online submission of observations in ADES format, please use the submit_xml form for submissions in XML format, or the submit_psv form for submissions in PSV format. The pages also contain instructions on how you can submit observations via cURL.

    For online submission of observations in the MPC1992 (80-column) format, please use the cURL form or send them via e-mail to obs@cfa.harvard.edu.

    See Guide to Minor Body Astrometry and MPC Submission Information for formatting instructions and submission information.

  7. Subscription to Minor Planet Center Notification Services

    Welcome!

    Subscription to Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (MPECs)

    If you want to SUBSCRIBE to receive email notifications when MPECs are issued please use this link.

    If you want to UNSUBSCRIBE to receive email notifications when MPECs are issued please use this link.

    MPC Announcement Email List/Group

    The MPC has established a mailing list to facilitate communication of important announcements (e.g. scheduled outages, significant data releases, etc).

    If you would like to be added to the email list please email mrudenko@cfa.harvard.edu.

Suggested forms

  • Observatory Code Questions in General Support

    Questions related to observatory code requests or changes to observatory information.

  • Issues with Publications (Monthly, DOU, etc.) in General Support
  • Observations in NEOCP HELP

    Let us know if you have experienced any issues with observations on the NEOCP.

  • Other questions in General Support

    Don't see what you're looking for? Select this option and we'll help you out.

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