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DOWNTIME ANNOUNCEMENT

Intermittent network outages due to network upgrades by the university and department:

  • EST 10pm Thu 8 Jan thru 7pm Fri 9 Jan

Thank you for your patience.

 

Database Status: GREEN

23 Jan 2026

  1. Nominal.

Please report concerns!

KEY

Database Replication

Instructions (not for the faint of heart) for replicating the database are posted. Questions/issues related to replication should be directed to Andrei Mamoutkine.

Latest update of every table in MPC MariaDB and Postgres

2026-02-05 08:20:01 (GMT)

Status of all major tables from MariaDB (mpc_development) and Postgres database (mpc_sbn). It includes list of all major tables, number of records in each tables, the latest updated record in each table. A color code corresponds to records updated less than 1 day, from 1 to 3 days and older than 3 days. Updated every 5 min. GMT timestamp of update is at the top left of the page.

MariaDB mpc_development:

Source file of data: statusDB.csv

Table Count Created_at Updated_at
comet_names 5214 2025-10-23 17:12:59 2025-10-23 17:12:59
comet_orbits 11219 2026-01-29 19:18:18 2026-01-29 20:01:02
identifications 211641 2026-01-14 12:15:20 2026-01-14 12:15:20
isolated_tracklets 49749715 2026-02-05 08:08:22 2026-02-05 08:08:22
mp_discoverers 1969147 2025-06-18 21:18:06 2025-06-18 21:18:06
numbered_comet_identifications 1292 2025-10-23 16:03:49 2025-10-23 16:03:49
numbered_identifications 1319125 2025-10-22 17:46:28 2025-10-22 17:46:28
numbered_mps 875150 2011-10-28 09:36:11 2026-01-12 14:34:38
obs_request_observers 52 2019-07-24 16:57:48 2019-07-24 16:57:48
obs_request_users 7 2015-12-04 00:25:22 2015-12-04 00:25:22
observations 502485885 2026-02-05 07:14:00 2026-02-05 07:14:00
orbit_uncertainties 787193 2019-06-03 12:14:45 2022-06-02 16:46:34
orbits 1512197 2022-02-07 01:55:32 2026-02-05 08:01:26
radar_observations 1507 2024-12-04 04:59:18 2024-12-04 04:59:18
No change in Maria mpc_development database structure.

Postgres mpc_sbn:

Table Count Created_at Updated_at
neocp_els 37 2026-02-04 07:25:47.257695 2026-02-05 08:23:55.759482
neocp_events 309794 2026-02-05 08:23:55.987291 2026-02-05 08:23:55.987291
neocp_obs_archive 775856 2026-02-05 08:23:55.718291 2026-02-05 08:23:55.718291
neocp_obs 782 2026-02-05 08:23:55.676283 2026-02-05 08:23:55.676283
neocp_prev_des 70852 2026-02-05 04:05:12.004555 2026-02-05 04:05:12.004555
neocp_var 60855 2026-02-05 08:23:55.849944 2026-02-05 08:23:55.849944
current_identifications 2022391 2022-02-07 01:54:52.254028 2026-02-05 07:13:28.448563
numbered_identifications 875979 2025-10-20 21:02:31.305341 2025-10-20 21:02:31.305341
primary_objects 1538125 2026-02-05 03:34:05.649933 2026-02-05 03:34:05.649933
obs_sbn 526793717 2024-06-15 11:53:02.72312-04 2026-02-05 03:11:14.929454-05
obs_alterations_deletions 1472267 2026-02-05 07:07:24.684078 2026-02-05 07:07:24.684078
obs_alterations_redesignations 4515 2026-01-03 19:19:15.911342 2026-01-03 19:19:15.911342
obs_alterations_unassociations 535583 2026-02-04 22:10:07.464459 2026-02-04 22:10:07.464459
mpc_orbits 1494462 2026-01-31 19:11:48.818082 2026-02-05 08:11:36.050554
minor_planet_names 25992 2011-10-27 06:38:13 2026-01-16 00:37:34.652007
obscodes 2676 2026-02-04 14:56:08.830913 2026-02-04 14:56:08.830913
comet_names 4295 2023-08-15 14:55:17.305679 2026-02-05 00:12:51.9462
No change to Postgres mpc_sbn database structure

YYYY-MM-DD - latest record is older than 3 days
YYYY-MM-DD - latest record is older than 1 day
YYYY-MM-DD - latest record is less than 1 day old

Replication status view MPC-master → [SBN] → MPC-replica:

Server Table Count Updated_at Queried_at
MPC_primarydb obs_sbn 526789367 2026-02-05 08:00:01.972454 2026-02-05 08:00:02.509414
MPC_mpcsbndb obs_sbn 526789641 2026-02-05 08:00:19.468747 2026-02-05 08:00:19.970482
SBN_to_AWS obs_sbn 526789963 2026-02-05 08:00:42.93191 2026-02-05 08:00:44.484123
MPC_primarydb current_identifications 2022391 2026-02-05 07:13:28.448563 2026-02-05 08:01:56.26541
MPC_mpcsbndb current_identifications 2022391 2026-02-05 07:13:28.448563 2026-02-05 08:01:56.892436
SBN_to_AWS current_identifications 2022391 2026-02-05 07:13:28.448563 2026-02-05 08:01:57.109258
MPC_primarydb comet_names 4288 2026-02-05 00:12:51.9462 2026-02-05 08:01:57.347973
MPC_mpcsbndb comet_names 4288 2026-02-05 00:12:51.9462 2026-02-05 08:01:57.454836
SBN_to_AWS comet_names 4288 2026-02-05 00:12:51.9462 2026-02-05 08:01:57.543077
MPC_primarydb minor_planet_names 25992 2026-01-16 00:37:34.652007 2026-02-05 08:01:57.634502
MPC_mpcsbndb minor_planet_names 25992 2026-01-16 00:37:34.652007 2026-02-05 08:01:57.785016
SBN_to_AWS minor_planet_names 25992 2026-01-16 00:37:34.652007 2026-02-05 08:01:57.886323
MPC_primarydb mpc_orbits 1494462 2026-02-05 08:01:57.588012 2026-02-05 08:01:57.982941
MPC_mpcsbndb mpc_orbits 1494462 2026-02-05 08:02:00.134801 2026-02-05 08:02:00.789499
SBN_to_AWS mpc_orbits 1494462 2026-02-05 08:01:59.410285 2026-02-05 08:02:01.118953
MPC_primarydb numbered_identifications 875979 2025-10-20 21:02:31.305341 2026-02-05 08:02:01.664159
MPC_mpcsbndb numbered_identifications 875979 2025-10-20 21:02:31.305341 2026-02-05 08:02:02.028163
SBN_to_AWS numbered_identifications 875979 2025-10-20 21:02:31.305341 2026-02-05 08:02:02.162861
MPC_primarydb neocp_els 37 2026-02-05 07:44:27.535457 2026-02-05 08:02:02.307351
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_els 37 2026-02-05 07:44:27.535457 2026-02-05 08:02:02.409594
SBN_to_AWS neocp_els 37 2026-02-05 07:44:27.535457 2026-02-05 08:02:02.496889
MPC_primarydb neocp_events 309791 2026-02-05 07:44:27.630429 2026-02-05 08:02:02.597075
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_events 309791 2026-02-05 07:44:27.630429 2026-02-05 08:02:02.790941
SBN_to_AWS neocp_events 309791 2026-02-05 07:44:27.630429 2026-02-05 08:02:02.908879
MPC_primarydb neocp_obs 773 2026-02-05 07:44:27.398372 2026-02-05 08:02:03.022733
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_obs 773 2026-02-05 07:44:27.398372 2026-02-05 08:02:03.12885
SBN_to_AWS neocp_obs 773 2026-02-05 07:44:27.398372 2026-02-05 08:02:03.216883
MPC_primarydb neocp_obs_archive 775847 2026-02-05 07:44:27.414042 2026-02-05 08:02:03.307829
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_obs_archive 775847 2026-02-05 07:44:27.414042 2026-02-05 08:02:03.557115
SBN_to_AWS neocp_obs_archive 775847 2026-02-05 07:44:27.414042 2026-02-05 08:02:03.695986
MPC_primarydb neocp_prev_des 70852 2026-02-05 04:05:12.004555 2026-02-05 08:02:03.836529
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_prev_des 70852 2026-02-05 04:05:12.004555 2026-02-05 08:02:03.971778
SBN_to_AWS neocp_prev_des 70852 2026-02-05 04:05:12.004555 2026-02-05 08:02:04.074667
MPC_primarydb neocp_var 60876 2026-02-05 07:44:27.450404 2026-02-05 08:02:04.172875
MPC_mpcsbndb neocp_var 60876 2026-02-05 07:44:27.450404 2026-02-05 08:02:04.321524
SBN_to_AWS neocp_var 60876 2026-02-05 07:44:27.450404 2026-02-05 08:02:04.438268
MPC_primarydb obscodes 2676 2026-02-04 14:56:08.830913 2026-02-05 08:02:04.537918
MPC_mpcsbndb obscodes 2676 2026-02-04 14:56:08.830913 2026-02-05 08:02:04.65689
SBN_to_AWS obscodes 2676 2026-02-04 14:56:08.830913 2026-02-05 08:02:04.745986
MPC_primarydb primary_objects 1538125 2026-02-05 03:34:05.649933 2026-02-05 08:02:04.83687
MPC_mpcsbndb primary_objects 1538125 2026-02-05 03:34:05.649933 2026-02-05 08:02:05.318222
SBN_to_AWS primary_objects 1538125 2026-02-05 03:34:05.649933 2026-02-05 08:02:05.48815
MPC_primarydb obs_alterations_corrections 0 2026-02-05 08:02:05.675295
MPC_mpcsbndb obs_alterations_corrections 0 2026-02-05 08:02:05.78074
SBN_to_AWS obs_alterations_corrections 0 2026-02-05 08:02:05.867823
MPC_primarydb obs_alterations_deletions 1472267 2026-02-05 07:07:24.684078 2026-02-05 08:02:05.959052
MPC_mpcsbndb obs_alterations_deletions 1472267 2026-02-05 07:07:24.684078 2026-02-05 08:02:06.469643
SBN_to_AWS obs_alterations_deletions 1472267 2026-02-05 07:07:24.684078 2026-02-05 08:02:06.613155
MPC_primarydb obs_alterations_redesignations 4515 2026-01-03 19:19:15.911342 2026-02-05 08:02:06.765403
MPC_mpcsbndb obs_alterations_redesignations 4515 2026-01-03 19:19:15.911342 2026-02-05 08:02:06.878149
SBN_to_AWS obs_alterations_redesignations 4515 2026-01-03 19:19:15.911342 2026-02-05 08:02:06.975951
MPC_primarydb obs_alterations_unassociations 535583 2026-02-04 22:10:07.464459 2026-02-05 08:02:07.067209
MPC_mpcsbndb obs_alterations_unassociations 535583 2026-02-04 22:10:07.464459 2026-02-05 08:02:07.374479
SBN_to_AWS obs_alterations_unassociations 535583 2026-02-04 22:10:07.464459 2026-02-05 08:02:07.504161