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Monthly update procedure

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  1. MPC numbered MPC data-page > section "Discoveries" (direct file link: here, 50MP)
  2. JPL "Numbered Asteroids (51 MB)" at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sb_elem
  • Uploads
    • upload JPL and MPC files plus names.inc's to server
  • Amendmends:
    • TODO: use general config to set all variables in one location, once
    • cls MPC500kReader adjust path "/data_mpc/NumberedMPs_sep4_2016.txt"
    • cls LOMPstatistics adjust path "jpl_data/ELEMENTS.NUMBR_23Aug", Template:Minor_planet_color_code_legend
    • cls JPLfile adjust path "jpl_data/ELEMENTS.NUMBR_23Aug" (colorizer LOMP)
    • cls MPCArchive add new M.P.C release date and NumberRange
  • LOMPD
    • run sanity and update on discoverers (astronomers + institution)
    • Handle removed discoverers: (or) OK, no dropout discoverers found
    • Add new discoverers (or) No new discoverers found in MPC-500k list
    • Update Discovery Count on astronomers/institution in lead of LOMP (1006)
  • Update LOMP
    • New names
    • Revise discoverers
    • complete and create pages for newly numbered bodies
  • Update MoMP (only after JPL-feed is completed)

Practical steps

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  1. Update new names, from MPC-alphbetical list (diff to previous)
  2. Create project page for batch of newly named
  3. check newly released M.P.C errata section for changed names (move #R or article before #R of corrected version is created redundandly)
  4. download MPC-numbered 500k file, (last number: 480806, 14 Nov 2016), move file and adjust code to new file
  5. LOMPD: add new discoverers
  6. LOMPD: update discovery count on astronomers/institutions
  7. LOMPD: update lead: "...MPC credits a total of 480,806 numbered minor planets to 1,007 astronomers and 237 dedicated institutions, respectively."
  8. LOMPD: sanity check
  9. LOMP: complete last existing page, add discoverer links
  10. LOMP: create new pLOMP, add bodies, add discoverer links, create talk-page
  11. #Rs MP-objects: create/move #Rs for newly named MPs. Create talk-page, create non-diacritical versions, adjust existing prov. #Rs to double redirects. Re-check erratas (see Tom's guideline). FIXES: sortkey in redirect generator (last cat), still displays prov. desig not non-diacritical article name (as long as JPL SBDB is not updated; tool does not need JPLdata for this).
  12. update LoNMP: alphabetical and numerical version
  13. download: JPL "Numbered Asteroids (51 MB)" at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sb_elem to location amend JPLfile
  14. LOMP: colorize rows BG, for completed and new partial lists