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Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECT LIGHTCURVES V1.1
DATA_SET_ID EAR-A-COMPIL-3-TNOLC-V1.1
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION Data Set Overview : This data set includes a collection of published lightcurves of trans-Neptunian objects published through December 2002. The collection includes lightcurves of 18 objects reported in the following papers: Collander-Brown, S.J., A. Fitzsimmons, E. Fletcher, M.J. Irwin and I.P. Williams 1999. Light curves of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 1996 TP66 and 1994 VK8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 308, 588. Collander-Brown, S.J., A. Fitzsimmons, E. Fletcher, M.J. Irwin, and I.P. Williams 2001. The scattered trans-neptunian object 1998 XY95. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 325, 972. Hainaut, O.R., C. E. Delahodde, H. Boehnhardt, E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci, K. J. Meech, J. M. Bauer, R. M. West, A. Doressoundiram 2000. Physical Properties of TNO 1996 TO66 - Lightcurves and Possible Cometary Activity. A and A 356, 1076-1088. Sheppard, S.S., and David C. Jewitt 2002. Time-resolved photometry of Kuiper belt objects: Rotations, shapes and phase functions. A.J. 124, 1757-1775. Data : The lightcurves from each paper are in a separate file, because of differences in the types of data reported. Each data file includes the time of observation in Julian Date, the magnitude and/or color index reported for that time, and other parameters of the observation including exposure time. Error values on the measurements are included where available. Three of the files give R-band lightcurves, and the fourth gives color index lightcurves in B-R, V-R, and R-I. Modification History : In 2012, the data files were split into separate files, one for each lightcurve, to facilitate loading the data into the SBN data ferret. The version number of the data set was incremented to V1.1.
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 2012-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1997-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 2001-11-19T01:06:48.000Z
MISSION_NAME SUPPORT ARCHIVES
MISSION_START_DATE 2004-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE N/A (ongoing)
TARGET_NAME 19521 CHAOS
38628 HUYA
ASTEROID
ASTEROID 15875
ASTEROID 19255
ASTEROID 19308
ASTEROID 26181
ASTEROID 26375
ASTEROID 33128
ASTEROID 33340
1997 CS29
1998 HK151
1998 XY95
1999 KR16
2000 GN171
2001 CZ31
2001 FZ173
TARGET_TYPE ASTEROID
TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJ
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID PUBLIT
INSTRUMENT_NAME COMPILATION
INSTRUMENT_ID COMPIL
INSTRUMENT_TYPE UNKNOWN
NODE_NAME Small Bodies
ARCHIVE_STATUS LOCALLY_ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE Confidence Level Overview : This data set underwent external peer review on May 29, 2003.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Neese, C., Ed., Trans-Neptunian Object Lightcurves V1.1. EAR-A-COMPIL-3-TNOLC-V1.1. NASA Planetary Data System, 2012.
ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set includes a collection of published lightcurves of trans-Neptunian objects published through December 2002. The collection includes lightcurves of 18 TNOs.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME CAROL NEESE
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