Stellarium

I need to know how to see asteroids particularly 52 Europa.

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Please help.

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said : 		#1

Use "Solar System Editor" plug-in and search tool.

Step-by-step instructions from zero.

1. Run Stellarium
2. Open settings window (F2)
3. Open tab "plugins"
4. Check plugin "Solar System Editor" as "load at startup"
5. Rerun Stellarium
6. Repeat step 2 and 3
7. Open configure of "Solar System Editor" plugin
8. Choose "import orbital elements in MPC format"
9. Open tab "Online search"
10. Search "(52) Europa" and add it
11. Close all opened windows
12. Use search tool (F3) for search Europa

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Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) said : 		#2

The online search feature doesn't work in the 0.10.6 release, Alexander. :)

To add Europa, the steps are almost the same as above. Only after step 8, stay at the "Lists" tab.

9. Select "Asteroids" as the type.
10. Select "Download a list of objects from the Internet" as the source
11. Copy and paste this link in the "URL" box:
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/Ephemerides/Bright/2011/Soft00Bright.txt
(there's a convenient "paste" button)
12. Click on the "Get orbital elements" button.
13. Wait for the download to finish.
14. The window that opens should list a large list of asteroids, including Europa. Check the asteroids you'd like to add and then click the "Add" button.

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said : 		#3

I forgot about broken link in 0.10.6 :(

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