Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME GEOGRAPHOS RADAR V1.0
DATA_SET_ID EAR-A-GST-3-RDR-GEOGRAPHOS-RADAR-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID XD-B3B
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION Delay-Doppler images and continuous wave, dual-polarization spectra of 1620 Geographos taken during the August 1994 closest approact to Earth (0.0333AU at minimum)
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
Data Set Overview
  =================
    Goldstone radar observations of 1620 Geographos from August 28 through
    Sept. 2, 1994 yield delay-Doppler images whose linear spatial
    resolutions range from ~75 to ~151 meters, and 138 pairs of
    dual-polarization (OC/SC) (opposite circular/same circular) spectra
    with one-dimensional resolution of 103 m. These data are presented in
    Ostro, et al. 1996, Icarus 121, 46 [OSTROETAL1996], and are included
    in this data set.  A full description of the observations and the
    reduction process is provided in the paper.
 
 
  Data
  ====
    Individual images from each successful radar run are in FITS files
    'ge[Nxx].fit' where N is the last digit of DOY (day of year) and xx is
    the run number within that day.  The low-resolution images are
    collected in a collage image 'gelrmov.fit', and the high-resolution
    images in a collage image 'gehrmov.fit'. Multi-run sums of
    co-registered images from 30 degree blocks of rotational phase, for
    the low- and high-resolution images respectively, are in files
    'gelrsum.fit' and 'gehrsum[N].fit' (N=1,3 for the three
    high-resolution summed images).  The collages and summed images are
    the same as the data presented in Figures 8-11 of the paper.
 
    The scaling of the images is explained in the following excerpt from
    the paper:  'Data values for each image in this paper are mapped onto
    a 256-level gray scale.  Since the noise background is not
    interesting, all data values below a clipping level near the noise
    mean are mapped to black to make the most of the gray scale's
    available dynamic range.  Similarly, all data values above some
    saturation level are mapped to white, since the contrast at the very
    highest echo levels contains less interesting information than
    contrast among the more abundant dimmer pixels.'  The levels chosen
    for clipping and saturation level for each image are recorded in the
    label description for that image.
 
    138 individual continuous wave (cw) power spectra are collected in the
    file 'gecwall.tab', and spectra from the bandwidth extrema are in
    'gecwext.tab'.  These spectra are the same as those presented in
    Figures 2 and 7 of the paper.
 
 
  Ancillary Data
  ==============
    An index of the data with observational circumstances for each run is
    given in the file geindex.tab.
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1998-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1994-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1994-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME SUPPORT ARCHIVES
MISSION_START_DATE 2004-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE N/A (ongoing)
TARGET_NAME GEOGRAPHOS
TARGET_TYPE ASTEROID
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID GDSCC
INSTRUMENT_NAME GOLDSTONE DEEP SPACE NETWORK ANTENNA DSS-14
INSTRUMENT_ID DSS14
INSTRUMENT_TYPE RADAR
NODE_NAME Small Bodies
ARCHIVE_STATUS SUPERSEDED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
Review
  ======
    This data set underwent external peer review on March 23, 1998.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Citation TBD
ABSTRACT_TEXT Goldstone radar observations of 1620 Geographos from August 28 through Sept. 2, 1994 yield delay-Doppler images whose linear spatial resolutions range from ~75 to ~151 meters, and 138 pairs of dual-polarization (OC/SC) (opposite circular/same circular) spectra with one-dimensional resolution of 103 m. These data are presented in Ostro, et al. 1996, Icarus 121, 46 [OSTROETAL1996], and are included in this data set. A full description of the observations and the reduction process is provided in the paper.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME CAROL NEESE
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