Add new asteroid

Add new asteroid to the database from NASA JPL HORIZONS

After generating the ephemeris file for an object at the http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top you will see the following data at the top:

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JPL/HORIZONS                    (2015 TB145)               2015-Oct-28 17:06:18
Rec #:744206 (+COV)   Soln.date: 2015-Oct-28_15:37:38      # obs: 521 (18 days)
 
FK5/J2000.0 helio. ecliptic osc. elements (au, days, deg., period=Julian yrs): 
 
  EPOCH=  2457314.5 ! 2015-Oct-19.00 (TDB)         Residual RMS= .24911        
   EC= .8604298432540967   QR= .2947048588271607   TP= 2457368.1336012329      
   OM= 37.73289761771034   W=  121.5380282169528   IN= 39.68563358401836       
   A= 2.111517717671481    MA= 342.7714416664973   ADIST= 3.928330576515801    
   PER= 3.06832            N= .321226945           ANGMOM= .012737428          
   DAN= .99698             DDN= .37811             L= 166.3048156              
   B= 32.9736307           MOID= .00187776         TP= 2015-Dec-11.6336012329  
 
Asteroid physical parameters (km, seconds, rotational period in hours):        
   GM= n.a.                RAD= n.a.               ROTPER= n.a.                
   H= 19.8                 G= .150                 B-V= n.a.                   
                           ALBEDO= n.a.            STYP= n.a.  

In order to add that object's orbit to the Minor Planets database of DSO Planner on your Android device:

1. Open the Settings module from the main screen
2. Select "Objects Databases" item
3. Tap the "Minor Planets" line in the list to list objects from that database.
4. Open the main menu of the database screen (Android Menu button, flick up from the bottom of the screen, or floating menu button if you have it enabled in the Night Mode)
5. Select the "Add Object" command.
6. On the "Create new object" screen you need to enter following parameters to fully define the new minor planet's orbit:
   • name1 — any
   • name2 — any
   • comment — any
   • month — value of month from the EPOCH= field
   • year — value of year from the EPOCH= field
   • G — value from G= field (Asteroid physical parameters)
   • H — value from H= (Asteroid physical parameters)
   • M — value from MA=
   • axis — value from A=
   • day — value of day from the EPOCH= field
   • e — value from EC=
   • i — value from IN=
   • node — value from OM=
   • w — value from W= field.

See the Objects Databases chapter for more details.