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the Minor Planet Center, the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams or the International Astronomical Union.</i> <p><hr><p> The elements can be saved to your local machine by using your browser's `Save As' facility, ensuring that you select `Plain text' as the format for the saved document. <p> This page may be freely pointed-to from your own Web page but elements offered here are intended for your own personal use and must not be further distributed. <p><hr><p> The following sets of orbital elements are currently available: <ul> <li><a href="/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft07Cmt.txt">Observable comets</a> <li><a href="/iau/Ephemerides/Distant/Soft07Distant.txt">Observable distant minor planets</a> (including Centaurs and transneptunians) <li><a href="/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/Soft07Unusual.txt">Observable unusual minor planets</a> (including NEOs) <li><a href="/iau/Ephemerides/CritList/Soft07CritList.txt">Observable critical-list numbered minor planets</a> <li><a href="/iau/Ephemerides/BrightMP.html">Bright minor planets at opposition</a> </ul> <p><hr><p> The complete <a href="/iau/MPCORB.html">MPCORB database (in MPC format) is available</a>. <p><hr><p> <b>Please ensure you've read the note in <a href="/iau/MPCStatus.html#limits">/iau/MPCStatus.html</a> on new downloading restrictions.</b>  </div> </div> </div>  <footer id="footer"> <div class="holder"> <nav class="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about">About</a></li>  <li><a href="https://mpc-service.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals">Helpdesk</a></li>  </ul> </nav> <a href="https://www.cfa.harvard.edu"> <img src="/images/CfA_Logo_Vertical_CMYK.png" width="110" height="47"></a> <p> <p> <p> <div class="copy">The Minor Planet Center is hosted by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.<center>The Minor Planet Center is funded by NASA.</center></div> </footer> <script type="text/javascript"> $(window).on('load', (function() { $("table").tablesorter(); 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