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Minor Planet Center
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Minor Planet Center
The
Minor Planet Center
(
MPC
) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for
minor planets
(
asteroids
) and
comets
, calculating their
orbits
and publishing this information via the
Minor Planet Circulars
. Under the auspices of the
International Astronomical Union
, it operates at the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
, which is part of the
Center for Astrophysics
along with the
Harvard College Observatory
.
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