Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME NEAR EARTH ASTEROID LIGHTCURVES V1.0
DATA_SET_ID EAR-A-3-RDR-NEO-LIGHTCURVES-V1.0
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DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION Data Set Overview : This data set contains photometric lightcurves of near-earth asteroids obtained by Petr Pravec and his collaborators at Ondrejov Observatory. Lightcurves for 42 asteroids are included. These asteroids were included based on a slightly wider criterion for a NEA: q < 1.33 AU (rather than the standard definition of q < 1.3 AU). As a result, some asteroids may be included which other researchers would classify as Mars-crossers. Parameters : The lightcurve files contain columns for light-corrected UTC, Modified Julian Date, and magnitude. The type of magnitude is specified in the index file. Each lightcurve file contains all the lightcurves for one asteroid, and the number or provisional designation is used as the filename. The index file has one line per lightcurve and gives the filename, the starting record and number of records in the file for the lightcurve in question, the asteroid number or designation, the starting and ending time of the lightcurve, the color band (lower case for relative, upper case for absolute scale), the phase to which the magnitudes have been corrected, and the minimum and maximum errors (or the mean error if the two entries are the same).
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 2000-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1984-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1998-06-05T03:42:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME SUPPORT ARCHIVES
MISSION_START_DATE 2004-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE N/A (ongoing)
TARGET_NAME ASTEROID
TARGET_TYPE ASTEROID
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID VARGBTEL
INSTRUMENT_NAME VARIOUS GROUND-BASED DETECTORS
INSTRUMENT_ID VARGBDET
INSTRUMENT_TYPE UNKNOWN
NODE_NAME Small Bodies
ARCHIVE_STATUS SUPERSEDED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE Review : This data set is scheduled for external peer review on June 1-2, 2000.
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ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set contains photometric lightcurves of near-earth asteroids obtained by Petr Pravec and his collaborators at Ondrejov Observatory. Lightcurves for 42 asteroids are included. These asteroids were included based on a slightly wider criterion for a NEA: q < 1.33 AU (rather than the standard definition of q < 1.3 AU). As a result, some asteroids may be included which other researchers would classify as Mars-crossers.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME Carol Neese
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