The Minor Planet Bulletin
Electronic Distribution Page

The Minor Planet Bulletin is now available for electronic distribution. Issues from only the past year or so are available via this page. For issues further back, visit the ADS Abstract Page at

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_abstracts.html

Electronic access to the Minor Planet Bulletin is free. However, voluntary contributions are welcome in support of the publication.

Print subscriptions are also available. For a print subscription, click here for further information.

For the electronic version, a voluntary annual contribution of $5.00 or more is welcome. Please send a check, drawn on a U.S. bank and payable in US$, to "Minor Planet Bulletin" and send it to:

Derald D. Nye
Minor Planet Bulletin
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Corona de Tucson, AZ 85641-2309

The Minor Planet Bulletin is the official publication of the Minor Planets section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO).

MPB Instructions for Authors

The MPB Authors' Guide (PDF) provides the guidelines for submitting papers to the MPB (Revised 2009 May 25)

Click here to download MPB MS Word(c) template (ZIP) (Revised 2009 May 25)

Available Issues

Important Note:
Older versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader, e.g,. 4.x, may not display all images correctly. You should use version 5.1 or later. The latest free Acrobat Reader can be downloaded by going to the Adobe site.

Download Instructions:
Right-click on a link and select "Save Target As" from the popup menu to download the file directly to your hard drive. Otherwise, your browser will most likely try to open the file and it will not be automatically saved.

MPB Asteroid Index:
Right-click here for an index of asteroids with lightcurves published in the Minor Planet Bulletin from 30-1 to 35-1. (PDF - about 35K)

MPB Cumulative Index: (updated)
Right-click here for a cumulative index of all articles published in the Minor Planet Bulletin, Vol 1-36. (PDF - about 250K)

Available Issues (PDF)
Right cick on link and use "Save Target As" to save file directly to your system.

2010 April-June, Vol. 37, No. 2 (5 MB, available 2010 March 20)

2010 January-March, Vol. 37, No. 1 (~4 MB, posted about December 18 )

2009 October-December, Vol. 36, No. 4 (7.8 MB, posted 2009 September 21)

2009 July-September, Vol. 36, No. 3 (7 MB, posted 2009 June 20)

2009 April-June, Vol. 36, No. 2 (10 MB, posted 2009 March 20)

2009 January-March, Vol. 36, No. 1 (4 MB, Posted 2008 December 9 )

2008 October-December, Vol. 35, No. 4 (6 MB, Posted 2008 September 2)

2008 July-September, Vol. 35, No. 3 (5 MB, Posted 2008 June 6)

2008 April-June, Vol. 35, No. 2 (4 MB, Posted 2008 March 15)

For issues prior to those listed above, use the Astrophysical Data Service (ADS)