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ASTEROID POLARIMETRIC DATABASE V7.0

The Asteroid Polarimetric Database (APD) is a collection of asteroid polarimetry results compiled by D.F. Lupishko and S.V. Vasiliev of Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. It is intended to include most asteroid polarimetry available through March 7, 2012.

RIVKIN THREE MICRON ASTEROID DATA V1.0

This data set includes 3-micron spectra of asteroids taken by Andy Rivkin (1995) [RIVKINETAL1995]. The spectra include both measured reflectance and error bars at six points in the range 1.25-3.35 microns. 17 spectra of 16 different asteroids are included.

WISNIEWSKI ASTEROID ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDES V1.0

Photometric observations of 125 asteroids, including absolute magnitudes, reported in Wisniewski et al. 1997.

ASTEROID LIGHTCURVE DERIVED DATA V1.0

This is a compilation of published lightcurve results up through 28 May, 1993. This compilation is maintained by Alan Harris, JPL.

ASTEROID RADAR V18.0

This data set is intended to include all published groundbased asteroid radar detections. The file is based on the collection of asteroid radar detections established by Steven J. Ostro and currently maintained by Lance A.M. Benner. The file includes disc-integrated radar properties extracted from the published papers.

UBV MEAN ASTEROID COLORS

This data set is a compilation of mean U-B and B-V color indices of asteroids, collected from the published literature and from the unpublished Lowell Observatory UBV Asteroid Survey.

24-COLOR ASTEROID SURVEY

This bundle is comprised of asteroid flux data measured in 26 filters using the McCord dual beam photometer, and covering the range 0.32 - 1.08 microns for 285 numbered asteroids, as published in Chapman & Gaffey (1979b) and McFadden, et al. (1984).

SUB-KILOMETER ASTEROID DIAMETER SURVEY (SKADS)

The Sub-Kilometer Asteroid Diameter Survey (SKADS) (Gladman et al. 2009) acquired good-quality orbital and absolute magnitude (H) determinations for a sample of small main-belt asteroids in order to study the orbital and size distribution beyond H = 15, down to sub-kilometer sizes (H > 18). Based on six observing nights over an 11-night baseline, SKADS detected, measured photometry for, and linked observations of 1087 asteroids which have one-week time baselines or more. This data set contains the astrometry, photometry, and orbits of the 1087 asteroids detected by SKADS.

RIVKIN THREE MICRON ASTEROID DATA V3.0

This data set is a collection of 3-micron spectra of 33 asteroids and Phobos and Deimos obtained by Andy Rivkin and collaborators. Nearly all these data have been published.

IANNINI ASTEROID FAMILY SPECTRA V1.0

Keck/ESI spectra of 11 Iannini asteroid family members were obtained over visual wavelengths. The data have been published in Willman, et al. (2008Icar...195...663W)[WILLMANETAL2008]. The spectra show family likeness and are believed to represent young S class surfaces aged a few million years by space weathering, the dynamically estimated collisional age of the family.

ASTEROID PROPER ELEMENTS V1.0

Proper elements of asteroids are derived from the osculating orbital elements by correcting for the perturbations of the major planets to arrive at elements which are stable over time periods comparable to the age of the solar system. The purpose of computing proper elements is twofold, to detect asteroid 'families', which are dynamically related groupings of asteroids potentially of common origin, and to understand the dynamical structure of the asteroid belt.

ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS V14.0

This data set is intended to include all reported timings of observed asteroid, planet, and planetary satellite occultation events as well as occultation axes derived from those timings by David W. Dunham and David Herald. This version is complete through the end of 2015.

ASTEROID RADAR

ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS V7.0

ASTEROID DYNAMICAL FAMILIES V2.0

This data set contains the Zappala et al. (1995) [ZAPPALAETAL1995] asteroid dynamical families classifications, based on the hierarchical clustering method applied to the proper elements of Milani & Knezevic (1994) [MILANI&KNEZEVIC1994]. It includes 12,487 numbered and unnumbered asteroids.

ASTEROID RADAR V11.0

This data set is intended to include all published groundbased asteroid radar detections. The entries were collected by Steven J. Ostro, and selected data have been collected from the published literature.

NEAR EARTH ASTEROID LIGHTCURVES V1.0

This data set contains photometric lightcurves of near-earth asteroids obtained by Petr Pravec and his collaborators at Ondrejov Observatory. Lightcurves for 42 asteroids are included. These asteroids were included based on a slightly wider criterion for a NEA: q < 1.33 AU (rather than the standard definition of q < 1.3 AU). As a result, some asteroids may be included which other researchers would classify as Mars-crossers.

FORNASIER SPECTRA OF M ASTEROIDS

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.

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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Asteroids: Itokawa

These images display asteriods documented and approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

ASTEROID NAMES AND DISCOVERY V11.0

This data set includes names, designations, and discovery circumstances for the asteroids numbered as of April 2, 2007.