Name: Asteroids_Comets.py Purpose: To display current Asteroid/Comet Information

Author: John Duchek

Created: Nov, 2007 Last Updated: August 25, 2017

Copyright: in the public domain Version 0.51 converted to tkinter placed in the public domain

Version 0.50 - several asteroid pages adding NEO and Trans observable. Version 0.44 44 corrects comet and asteroid http. Note the bright asteroids have 2011 in name and will need to be changed yearly .43 displays brightest to dimmest, and gives all the info in grid style (no clicking) .42 displays current magnitude in list. .40provides user adjustable date .35 provides automatic data updates

http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft03Cmt.txt - comets http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Bright/2011/Soft03Bright.txt - bright asteroids http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/CritList/Soft03CritList.txt - observable critical list numbered minor planets http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Distant/Soft03Distant.txt - observable distant minor planets (including Centaurs & Transneptuniasns) http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/Soft03Unusual.txt - unusual minor planets (including NEOs)

I have included current (as of today) downloaded files in the repository. The program will download new one when run if it has internet access.