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KHARKIV ASTEROID MAGNITUDE-PHASE RELATIONS V1.0

A database of asteroid magnitude-phase relations compiled at the Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv Kharazin University by Shevchenko et al., including observations from 1978 through 2008. Mainly the observations were performed at the Institute of Astronomy (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and at the Astrophysics Institute (Dushanbe, Tadjikistan). For most asteroids the magnitude-phase relations were obtained down to phase angles less than 1 deg. For some asteroids the magnitudes are presented in three (UBV) or four (BVRI) standard spectral bands.

ASTEROID FAMILY IDENTIFICATIONS V1.0

This is a compilation of the family memberships of numbered asteroids in five different asteroid family analyses. These include the analyses of Zappala et al., Williams, Kozai, Carusi and Massaro, and Hirayama.

ASTEROID LIGHTCURVE DERIVED DATA V15.0

This is a compilation of published rotational parameters derived from lightcurve data for asteroids, based on the Warner et al. (2009) Asteroid Lightcurve Database. This is the version as of February 6, 2015. In addition to reported rotational parameters by individual paper, there is a summary file with the values adopted by Harris, Warner, and Pravec as the most likely correct values for each asteroid. The data set also contains files listing known binary asteroids, asteroid spin axes, and 'tumbling' asteroids.

SEVEN COLOR ASTEROID SURVEY

The Seven-color Asteroid Survey(SCAS) consists of photometry in seven filters from 0.9 to 2.3 microns, of a total of 126 asteroids of types S, K, and M.

HIGH-INCLINATION ASTEROID FAMILIES

This data set contains the high-inclination asteroid families of Gil-Hutton (2006). A data set of 3652 high-inclination numbered asteroids was analyzed to search for dynamical families. The basic data set was the list of 3697 asteroid synthetic proper elements taken from the Asteroid Dynamic Site, March 2005 version; Knezevic and Milani (2000). For this analysis, only asteroids with sine of proper inclination greater than 0.3 were used.

GALILEO ORBITER ASTEROID AND EARTH 2 SOLID STATE IMAGING 2 R

This data set has been generated by NASA's Galileo Project in order to distribute the images acquired by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) camera to the scientists and later to the Planetary Data System (PDS). The collection resides on volumes GO_0007 thru GO_0015 and consists of all images acquired by the Galileo spacecraft during the Gaspra and the second encounter with the Earth (Earth2). Included are images of Gaspra, the Earth's Moon and the Earth taken during the 1991 and 1992 encounters (SCLK 99757945 through 166324700), as well as additional star and calibration data.

FIEBER-BEYER IRTF MAINBELT ASTEROID SPECTRA V1.0

The data set contains observations obtained with the NASA IRTF SpeX instrument covering the 0.7 to 2.5 micron near-infrared portion of the spectrum. The data set archives reduced, calibrated spectra which were obtained and used in Sherry Fieber-Beyer's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of North Dakota. The research focused on asteroids in a zone centered on the 3:1 resonance. These spectra were used to mineralogically characterize asteroids in this zone in an attempt to identify their meteorite analogs.

ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS V5.0

This data set is intended to include all reported timings of observed asteroid occultation events as well as asteroid occultation axes derived from those timings by David W. Dunham and David Herald. Some occultations by planetary satellites are also included. This version is complete through the end of 2006, and contains additional events from 2007.

ASTEROID LIGHTCURVE DERIVED DATA V3.0

This is a compilation of published lightcurve results up through 20 October, 1997. This compilation is maintained by Alan Harris, JPL.

FORNASIER SPECTRA OF M ASTEROIDS V1.0

This data set contains reduced composite visual and near-infrared spectra of thirty M-type asteroids, observed over the years 2004-2008 and presented in Fornasier et al. (2010). The spectra were taken with the Dolores and NICS instruments at the Telescopio Nationale Galileo (TNG) in La Palma, with the EMMI and SOFI instruments at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) in Chile, and with the SPeX instrument at the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii. The individual spectra from the various instruments used to produce the composite spectra are also included.

ASTEROID MASSES V3.0

This collection of asteroid masses and densities was compiled from the published literature by Jim Baer, Steve Chesley, and Dan Britt. Size and shape information are included as well to show the source of the tabulated bulk density. This is the version of the compilation as of April 18, 2012.

VILAS ASTEROID SPECTRA

This data set contains 81 published spectra of asteroids obtained by Faith Vilas during the years 1982 - 1992.

HARDERSEN IRTF ASTEROID NIR REFLECTANCE SPECTRA V1.0

This dataset includes average near-infrared (NIR) reflectance spectra for 68 main-belt asteroids that were observed at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), Mauna Kea, Hawaii, from April 2001 to January 2015. Raw NIR spectral data were obtained under mostly uniform instrumental conditions and include observations of the asteroids, extinction stars, and solar analog stars that were necessary for data reduction and production of the final average asteroid NIR reflectance spectra. SpecPR and Spextool were used during data reduction to produce the final spectra and both programs utilize similar functions that include sky background subtraction, telluric corrections, channel shifting, and averaging routines. The set of asteroids observed include a wide variety of taxonomic types and include V-, S-, M-, X-types that correspond to a wide variety of surface mineralogies, rock types, and potential meteorite analogs.

Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) V3.0

The asteroid lightcurve database (LCDB) is one of the more widely-used research tools for those doing research that compares and contrasts physical characteristics of asteroid spin axis rates, sizes, pole orientations, and/or taxonomic class - among others. The v3.0 release includes lightcurve photometry results for more than 24500 targets. Each object has one to several dozen detail records that contain results obtained by scanning the literature.

NESVORNY HCM ASTEROID FAMILIES V2.0

This data set contains asteroid dynamical family memberships for 64 families calculated from analytic proper elements, and 79 families calculated from synthetic proper elements, including high-inclination families. These families were calculated by David Nesvorny using his code based on the Hierarchical Clustering Method (HCM) described in Zappala et al. (1990, 1994). The input analytic proper elements for 401,408 numbered and unnumbered asteroids were calculated by Milani and Knezevic. The input synthetic proper elements for 302,212 numbered asteroids were calculated by Knezevic.

ASTEROID TAXONOMY V3.0

This dataset provides taxonomic classifications of asteroids in each of five different systems: Tholen (1984, 1989) [THOLEN1984, THOLEN1989] et al. (1989) [TEDESCOETAL1989] [HOWELLETAL1994], and Xu et al. (1995) [XUETAL1995].

SUBMILLIMETER LIGHTCURVES OF ASTEROIDS V1.0

Submillimeter lightcurves of large asteroids Ceres, Davida, Io, Juno, Pallas, Vesta, and Victoria, observed at the Heinrich-Hertz Submillimeter Telescope from January 2003 through May 2004.

Hendrix IUE asteroid reflectance spectra V1.0

In this archive we create a one-stop shop of ultraviolet (UV) data of asteroids for easy use by planetary scientists. Currently several of the existing UV datasets are not in the PDS and are unavailable for scientific use by the broad community; others are available only in their raw form. Because UV wavelengths deliver critical access to the uppermost layers of the regoliths of these airless bodies, and can often offer unique compositional information, providing these data in one location will allow for comparative studies over wider ranges of wavelengths, studies of compositional and space weathering effects throughout the solar system, and the often numerous observations of each body will allow for the study of possible temporal and spatial variability. This archive includes derived International Ultraviolet Observer (IUE) reflectance spectra for five asteroid targets.

POLARIMETRY OF ASTEROID ITOKAWA V1.0

This data set contains the polarimetry of asteroid 25143 Itokawa published in Cellino et al. (2005). The observations were made from June 26 through July 3, 2004 with the Torino photopolarimeter at the 2.15 m telescope of the El Leoncito Observatory in Argentina. The degree of linear polarization was measured in five filters (Johnson-Cousins UBVRI).

SDSS-BASED ASTEROID TAXONOMY V1.0

This data set contains Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) asteroid photometric observations classified according to the SDSS-based Asteroid Taxonomy, as developed by Carvano et al. (2010).