--- title: "Minor Planet Center integrations and MCP server - APIANT.ai" description: "Connect Minor Planet Center to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connections/minor-planet-center" --- # Minor Planet Center integrations Connect Minor Planet Center to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Asterank's Minor Planet Center endpoint serves orbital and physical data on asteroids and minor planets. Callers can query the minor planet database by name or designation, filter on orbital elements such as semi-major axis, eccentricity and inclination, and retrieve records including absolute magnitude, estimated composition, and Asterank's computed value and accessibility scores. Useful for astronomy tooling and near-earth object lookups. No credentials required. No account needed [asterank.com](https://asterank.com/) **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want to automate with Minor Planet Center? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Popular ## Minor Planet Center with the apps people pair it with most - [ **HubSpot to Minor Planet Center** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Salesforce to Minor Planet Center** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Slack to Minor Planet Center** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Sheets to Minor Planet Center** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Gmail to Minor Planet Center** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Calendar to Minor Planet Center** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Drive to Minor Planet Center** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Mailchimp to Minor Planet Center** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-minor-planet-center) Pair it ## Connect Minor Planet Center with another app - [ **HubSpot to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Salesforce to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Slack to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Sheets to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Gmail to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Calendar to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Drive to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Mailchimp to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Stripe to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Shopify to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Pipedrive to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Notion to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Airtable to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Trello to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Asana to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **JIRA to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **ClickUp to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Zoom to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoom-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Discord to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Twilio to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **SendGrid to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Outlook to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/outlook-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Intercom to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/intercom-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Freshdesk to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Klaviyo to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/klaviyo-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Brevo to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Typeform to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/typeform-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **JotForm to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Calendly to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **PandaDoc to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pandadoc-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Webflow to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/webflow-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Wix to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/wix-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Instagram to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **OpenAI to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **OneDrive to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/onedrive-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Docs to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Ontraport to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/ontraport-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Freshworks CRM to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **GoHighLevel to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gohighlevel-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Capsule CRM to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/capsule-crm-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Copper to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/copper-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Streak to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **NetHunt CRM to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/nethunt-crm-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **MINDBODY to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mindbody-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **PostgreSQL to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/postgresql-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **MySQL to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Vercel to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/vercel-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **PagerDuty to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pagerduty-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Gravity Forms to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gravity-forms-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **HubSpot Enterprise to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-enterprise-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Forms to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-forms-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **monday.com to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/monday-com-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Ads to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Tasks to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Telegram to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **MailerLite to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailerlite-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Contacts to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-contacts-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Kit to Minor Planet Center**](https://apiant.ai/connect/kit-to-minor-planet-center) What your agent can do with Minor Planet Center ## Triggers and actions 11 actions - Action **Find MPECs** Search Minor Planet Electronic Circulars by object or search terms, optionally filtered by issue date range. - Action **Find near-duplicate observations** Search the MPC's published observation database for near-duplicates of a given observation by time and angular proximity. - Action **Get action code** Resend an observation submission's action code (used to retract observations or label objects) to the email address on file. - Action **Get magnitude band** Retrieve reference information for a magnitude band used in MPC observations, or all bands. - Action **Get NEOCP observations** Retrieve observation data for an object currently on the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page by tracklet identifier. - Action **Get object identifier** Look up the designations and identification details for a minor planet or comet given a name, provisional or permanent designation. - Action **Get observations** Retrieve recorded astrometric observation data for a solar system object by designation. - Action **Get observation status** Check the processing status of individual submitted observations by tracklet/station, observation ID, obs80 string, or submission block ID. - Action **Get observatory codes** Retrieve details for one or all observatories registered with the MPC by observatory code. - Action **Get orbital elements** Retrieve orbital elements and related parameters for a solar system object by designation. - Action **List objects** List solar system objects belonging to a named group such as NEOs, comets, or TNOs, ordered by designation. ## Related apps - [ **arcsecond.io** arcsecond.io aggregates multiple professional astronomy data sources behind one REST interface.](https://apiant.ai/connections/arcsecond-io) - [ **Arxiv to Minor Planet Center** Open-access repository API for searching and retrieving scholarly preprints in physics, math, CS, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/arxiv-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **BridgeDb** bridgedb webservices](https://apiant.ai/connections/bridgedb) - [ **Cloud-RF** Use this JSON API to build and test radio links for any radio, anywhere.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cloud-rf) - [ **CodeCogs** CodeCogs renders LaTeX mathematical expressions into images.](https://apiant.ai/connections/codecogs) - [ **CycleCalcs** CycleCalcs computes astronomical event data for a given location and date.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cyclecalcs) - [ **eNanoMapper (Ideaconsult)** AMBIT REST web services [eNanoMapper profile] with free text & faceted search](https://apiant.ai/connections/enanomapper-ideaconsult) - [ **GBIF** GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) publishes an open index of species occurrence records...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gbif) [More in Science & Math](https://apiant.ai/apps/science-and-math) Reviews ## What our customers say Questions ## Minor Planet Center, answered ### ### Is there a Minor Planet Center MCP server? APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Minor Planet Center. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Minor Planet Center actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Minor Planet Center. Nothing to install. ### ### What can your agent do in Minor Planet Center? Any of Minor Planet Center's 11 actions, including Find MPECs, Find near-duplicate observations, Get action code and Get magnitude band. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can I use Minor Planet Center directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor? Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Minor Planet Center two ways. Ask it to do something in Minor Planet Center once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does. ### ### Do I need to write code against the Minor Planet Center API? No. APIANT connects to the Minor Planet Center API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Minor Planet Center triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Minor Planet Center API documentation and adds it. ### ### Which apps can Minor Planet Center connect to? Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Minor Planet Center with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.