Re: [amsat-bb] I give up... Don't try this!

["Michael Owen" <mowen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear friends,

I suspect that Paul is correct but haven't checked in detail.  For the
record, Nova for Windows always uses Catalog Number (never satellite
name), for object matching.

W9IP

Paul Williamson wrote:

> Aha. You're probably seeing differences in how various programs match up
> new element sets with the old objects in their databases. Some do it by
> name, some do it by object number. Object numbers have a way of changing in
> first few days after a launch. Look very closely at the elements in each
> program and see if I'm right.

--
Michael R. Owen, Ph.D.                      Dept. of Geology
Northern Lights Software Associates         St. Lawrence University
http://www.nlsa.com                        mowen@stlawu.edu
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