Status

Change Log

2024-04-22
Engine
- rmsRA and rmsDec uncertainties now being added to astrometry, when available
- these quantities are encoded in characters 57-65 of the 80-column format per https://www.projectpluto.com/find_orb.htm#sigmas
- applies to both known catalog objects and NEO candidates from the NEOCP

2024-03-20
API
- The orbit method now supports requesting multiple objects.  See the API documentation.
2024-03-08
Engine
- Now querying astrometry from MPC's PostgreSQL database instead of the deprecated MariaDB.
- The master list of NEOs is now from CNEOS's SBDB, instead of MPC.
- The target list now includes a few hundred nearby Mars-crossers whose sigma_q overlaps < 1.3 au.
2023-03-27
Website
- Fixed recent issue with displaying interest breakdowns.  This was only a display issue and reported interests were being used correctly.
2023-02-19
API
- Uncert call returns offsets for all objects.
- Ephem call better handles small time ranges.
- See API for more details.
2023-01-27
Engine
- Load balancing improvements to support the increased NEOfixer usage.
Website
- Benefit plots were re-enabled quite a while ago.
2022-10-18
Website
- Historical benefit plots disabled pending optimization work.
2022-10-18
Engine
- Fixed bug that was temporarily removing some objects from target lists under high loads.
2022-10-11
Engine
- Faster updates to website data with more multiprocessing.
2022-10-06
Website
- Added this Change Log to the Status tab.
- Object pages now show a score breakdown and a table of recently reported interest in the object.  Hovering over items in the Value and Score columns may show more information such as formulas.  Not all objects have the information yet but will as the objects are updated for a variety of reasons.
- Hovering over an interest score in the target table will show the recently reported interest in the object.
- Scout ratings of 0 are shown as "-" instead of "0" so that sorting by the "Impact" column will only show VIs.  Note that there is also a filter for "Potential Impactors".
API
- Two decimal places for H and V for finer sorting.  The extra digits are visible in the API and when hovering over them in the target table.
Engine
- A bug was fixed that allowed objects with uncertainties spanning ~8-14 fields at a site to not be downgraded as much as intended.  They were never upgraded more than lower uncertainty objects.  (That is only one of many factors that go into the final NEOfixer score so other factors may make higher uncertainty objects higher priority than lower uncertainty objects.)
2022-08-02
API
- Flag parameter "catalog" removed and replaced with sub-category flags "1opp-now", "1opp-past", "multi-opp", and "numbered".
Engine
- Moved to virtual server for better up-time and ease of maintenance.
2022-07-13
Website
- All NEOs are now available in the 500 targets table, not just those brighter than V~25
- New filters are available to differentiate between Numbered and Unnumbered NEOs, including the subsets of current and previous single-opposition objects and multi-opposition objects
- The new checkboxes in the Filters tab may default to being unchecked – so open the Filters tab to check them to get the full list.