CCSD3ZF0000100000001NJPL3IF0PDS200000001 = SFDU_LABEL /* Detached PDS label for the Pioneer Venus LOS gravity data file */ RECORD_TYPE = FIXED_LENGTH RECORD_BYTES = 48 FILE_RECORDS = 141535 ^TABLE = "PVEN001L.DAT" OBJECT = TABLE INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII ROWS = 141535 COLUMNS = 4 /* Dataset descriptive parameters */ DATA_SET_ID = "P12-V-RSS-4-LOS-GRAVITY-V1.0" TARGET_NAME = VENUS SPACECRAFT_NAME = "PIONEER VENUS ORBITER" INSTRUMENT_NAME = "PIONEER VENUS RADIOSCIENCE SUBSYSTEM" PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = "BRUCE BILLS" NOTE = "This file contains line of sight (LOS) gravity estimates in mm/sec^2 derived from Pioneer Venus Doppler tracking measurements. The data for all orbits in which LOS data were acquired are stored in this one file. The accompanying file PVEN001N.DAT contains pointers to the starting record and number of records for each orbit, along with the sub- Earth latitude and longitude and the spacecraft location and velocity at one point in that orbit well away from periapsis. For reference, see Sjogren, W. L., R. J. Phillips, P. W. Birkeland, and R. N. Wimberly, Gravity anomalies on Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 8295-8302, 1980." /* Descriptions of each column in the file */ OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = LATITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = DEGREES START_BYTE = 1 BYTES = 8 FORMAT = 'F8.4' DESCRIPTION = "The subspacecraft latitude for the point." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = LONGITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = DEGREES START_BYTE = 11 BYTES = 9 FORMAT = 'F9.4' DESCRIPTION = "The subspacecraft longitude for the point. Longitudes increase to the east and range from -180 to 180." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = ACCELERATION DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = "MM/(SEC^2)" START_BYTE = 22 BYTES = 13 FORMAT = 'F13.11' DESCRIPTION = "The spacecraft acceleration along the line of sight. Requires a double precision variable." END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = ALTITUDE DATA_TYPE = REAL UNIT = KILOMETERS START_BYTE = 37 BYTES = 9 FORMAT = 'F9.4' DESCRIPTION = "The height of the spacecraft above the planetary surface." END_OBJECT = COLUMN END_OBJECT = TABLE END