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Hello all.<br>
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I've just got into KStars development and took on the junior job
"Investigate NEOs".<br>
<br>
Here are my results:<br>
<br>
I've constructed a request to JPL myself and got out a csv of
several hundred megabytes, which is certainly not suitable for
KStars.<br>
<br>
Looking at the differences between my query and the one in KStars, I
found some extra parameters, which had not been included in my one:
c1_item=Ai and c1_op=%3C and c1_value=12.<br>
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That basicly means, that JPL filters the asteroids for the ones
which have an parameter 'H' (absolute magnitude) smaller than 12,
which means that they are 'visible'.<br>
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The asteroid (2003 YT1) with an absolute magnitude of 16.2 doesn't
mach the criteria and is not included in the download.<br>
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The parameter can't be set much higher, because the file size of the
download would increase rapidly and slow down KStars. I tested a
magnitude of 17 with a file size of a bit over 78 megabyte and my
laptop struggled.<br>
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One/I could maybe implement a setting for the absolute magnitude
filter, to leave it to the user.<br>
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I am looking forward to feedback! (Maybe I haven't understood it...)<br>
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Cheers and Thanks!<br>
<br>
Valentin Boettcher (hiro, hiro98)<br>
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P.S. Here is a screenshot with 2003 YT1 :). KStars crashed after a
while...<br>
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<img src="cid:part1.1AFF2399.1EC095F3@boettcher.cf" alt="">
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