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RELEASE_NOTES_6.1.1
Release date: 2026-08-13
Public upgrade path: 6.1.0 to 6.1.1
Moira 6.1.1 makes every body in the finalized 2026.08.12.1 asteroid
ephemeris release addressable by its released canonical name. The bundled
name-to-NAIF registry grows from 9,974 to 10,025 unique identities, matching
the 401-shard external ephemeris already published at
moira-astro.com/ephemerides.
This is an identity, provenance, and discoverability patch. It does not
change planetary reduction, frame policy, REST schemas, or astrological
interpretation. It does not include later unreleased work on main.
ASTEROID_NAIF and its reverse lookup include all 10,025 bodies admitted by
the finalized release. This makes the complete installed catalog available to:
-
asteroid_at(...)name resolution; -
list_asteroids()and related Python introspection; -
GET /v1/asteroids/list?q=...name and NAIF search; and - downstream catalog consumers such as Urania Workspace.
Representative newly reachable identities include:
| Canonical name | MPC number | NAIF ID | Shard |
|---|---|---|---|
'Aylo'chaxnim |
594913 | 2594913 | AST-399 |
Ka\epaoka`awela` |
514107 | 2514107 | AST-399 |
Shards 000 through 397 are reused byte-for-byte from 2026.07.27.1. Shard
398 is rebuilt; shards 399 and 400 are new.
moira/data/asteroid_catalog_naif.metadata.json records the governing
release, source revision, identity policy, counts, and exact input/output
hashes.
| Artifact | SHA-256 |
|---|---|
External release manifest 2026.08.12.1
|
c151348a9edd3620716da8849ceb239d0ab39688ead948ffecb592c13e068c64 |
| Admitted target ledger | 08927dcb994388902bea186c70d286d7e85334f863309123b194aafc8915ad91 |
| Unified build ledger | 72c0dd9a07ba2b2af610f8755b785d2f473a550b62d77aeaf4d45ac2d3ae185d |
| Canonical name-to-NAIF registry | 1630b618b46706fa6a40011c6ef80c000e9fbe77d04204e1c7bc446af562d4d4 |
The Python wheel contains canonical identities, not the 401 BSP shards. Calling a name successfully still requires a loaded external release whose manifest covers that NAIF ID and whose corresponding shard is present and nonempty.
Therefore:
- 10,025 names are known to Moira 6.1.1;
- a matching complete
2026.08.12.1installation makes all 10,025 position-capable within each body's manifest-declared coverage; and - a missing, partial, or older external installation remains visible through readiness and loaded-kernel availability rather than being silently treated as complete.
Hosted production must point
/srv/moira-data/kernels/asteroids at
asteroid-catalog-releases/2026.08.12.1 before or with the package upgrade.
moira-astro==6.1.1
moira-astro[server]==6.1.1
Read COMPATIBILITY_NOTES_6.1.1.md before switching the external catalog
pointer.