User:Rfassbind/Monthly update procedure for minor planets

Monthly update procedure

• User:Rfassbind/Minor planet redirects of non-exsitent articles § Updates since March 2016
  • create Diff list (new names) with frodox/local-links, loc, server
  • create PREVIOUS.inc on server for next update
• Downloads:

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 LoNMP: Named Minor Planets lists
  • List of named minor planets (alphabetical) (LoNMP-abc)
  • List of named minor planets (numerical) (LoNMP-num)

• New Names
  • Generate new Names Diff
  • Update Updates_since_March_2016 and create project page
  • Create #Rs and talk-Rs

• Update LOMP
  • New names
  • Revise discoverers
  • complete and create pages for newly numbered bodies

• Update MoMP (only after JPL-feed is completed)