Data Set Overview :  This data set contains a list of characteristics of binary near-Earth asteroids derived from their lightcurve and/or radar observations. This compilation has been prepared by Petr Pravec and Petr Scheirich. The listed values are the best published estimates of the system's parameters as well as unpublished results included with permission of the authors. The list is ordered according to a time of the first official publication of the binary detection, usually in IAU Circulars (even if the first publication may not be mentioned when a more detailed analysis have been published in a later paper.)  This list is created with a primary intention to give an overview of the binary NEAs parameters and to summarize data for statistical analyses of the binary NEA population.  Ancillary Files :  This data set also includes a list of the references to to the original observations. The primary publication for this data set is Pravec et al. 2005:  Pravec, P., P. Scheirich, P. Kusnirak, L. Sarounova, S. Mottola, and 52 other authors, Photometric survey of binary near-Earth asteroids, submitted to Icarus, 2005. [PRAVECETAL2005]

Confidence Level Overview : Caveats, uncertainties, and alternate values for the entries in the binary summary table are shown by flag entries in the table. The user of the data is cautioned to check the values of these flags before using the data. The meanings of the flags are shown in the file binflags.txt in the document directory.