Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME TNO AND CENTAUR COLORS V4.0
DATA_SET_ID EAR-A-COMPIL-3-TNO-CEN-COLOR-V4.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID NULL
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION A compilation of broadband colors of TNOs and Centaurs, compiled from the literature through the end of 2006.
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
Data Set Overview
  =================
 
  This data set is intended to include published broadband colors of
  centaurs and Transneptunian Objects (TNOs) published through
  December 2006.
 
  Data
  ====
 
  Data were collected from the published literature and include
  Johnson-Kron-Cousins color indices and one-sigma uncertainty values
  for 200 objects.  Many objects have data reported by several groups.
  Details of the observations and data reduction are to be found in
  the individual papers.
 
  Archiving History
  =================
 
  The TNO colors data set, EAR-A-3-RDR-TNO-PHOT, was first introduced
  in 2000 and was updated annually since then.  At the 2004 review, a
  data set compiling colors of Centaurs was also introduced, and it
  was decided to combine the two to make a new data set.  A column was
  added to the data table to indicate whether the object is a TNO or a
  Centaur.  Note that scattered disk objects are marked as TNOs, not
  as Centaurs.  This data set supersedes all the versions of the TNO
  colors data set, EAR-A-3-RDR-TNO-PHOT.
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 2007-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1992-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 2006-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
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 PUBLIT
INSTRUMENT_NAME COMPILATION
INSTRUMENT_ID COMPIL
INSTRUMENT_TYPE UNKNOWN
NODE_NAME Small Bodies
ARCHIVE_STATUS SUPERSEDED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
Confidence Level Overview
  =========================
    We assume the R-bandpass used by the various observers is in the
    Kron-Cousins system, but that this cannot be verified for all of
    the measurements included in this data set.
 
    Refer to the individual published papers for the confidence level
    of any individual measurement.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Neese, C., Ed., TNO and Centaur Colors V4.0. EAR-A-COMPIL-3-TNO-CEN-COLOR-V4.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2007.
ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set is intended to include published broadband colors of centaurs and Transneptunian Objects (TNOs) published through December 2006. It supersedes all versions of the TNO colors data set EAR-A-3-RDR-TNO-PHOT.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME CAROL NEESE
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