public string MakeSearchQuery()
{
//Returns a url string for querying the TNS website
//figure out site location
string scrubbedTargetName = ScrubSmallBodyName(TgtName);
string siteLong = (360 - MPC_Observatory.BestObservatory.MySiteLong).ToString("0.000"); //converted to the 0-360 form that MPC likes it
string siteLat = MPC_Observatory.BestObservatory.MySiteLat.ToString("0.000");
string siteElev = MPC_Observatory.BestObservatory.MySiteElev.ToString("0.000");
string center = siteLong + ":" + siteLat + ":" + siteElev;
string startTime = EphStart.ToString("yyyy-MMM-dd");
string endTime = EphEnd.ToString("yyyy-MMM-dd");
NameValueCollection queryString = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
queryString[hFormat] = hFormatTypeText;
queryString[hCommand] = "\'NAME=" + scrubbedTargetName + "\'"; // ";" means that it is a small body search for name
queryString[hMakeEphemeris] = hYes;
queryString[hEphemerisType] = hObserverType;
queryString[hCenter] = "399"; //Earth
queryString[hSiteCoordinate] = center; //e-long(degrees):lat(degrees):elevation(km)
queryString[hStartTime] = startTime; // "2021-01-12";
queryString[hStopTime] = endTime; // "2021-01-13";
queryString[hStepSize] = "1m"; // shortest time that horizons can do
queryString[hAngleFormat] = hAngleFormatDegrees;
queryString[hTimeDigits] = "Seconds";
//queryString[hQuantities ] = "'1,9,20,23,24,29'";
queryString[hOutUnits] = hUnitTypeKMS;
queryString[hExtraPrecisionFormat] = hYes;
string q = queryString.ToString();
//fix bug where queryString inserts %2f instead of %2F for the "/" char
q = q.Replace("%2f", "%2F");
return(q); // Returns "key1=value1&key2=value2", all URL-encoded
}
private string MakeSearchQuery(string tgtName, string mpc_observatory_code = "500")
{
//Returns a url query string for Scout website
// "key1=value1&key2=value2", all URL-encoded
// MPC observation code is optional. If not filled in, then geocentric is used.
NameValueCollection queryString = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
queryString["tdes"] = tgtName;
queryString["n-orbits"] = "1";
queryString["eph-start"] = EphStart.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss");
queryString["eph-stop"] = EphEnd.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss");
queryString["eph-step"] = EphStep.Minutes.ToString("0") + "m";
queryString["obs-code"] = mpc_observatory_code;
queryString["ranges"] = "true";
return(queryString.ToString());
}