Detailed Description - Lightcurves   

See also /eros/descript/lightcurves.xls for spreadsheet with these observations.


These are observations that take a single filter, or filter set at regular intervals through a rotation
of Eros. Eros is sub-pixel in all of these observations.

 

RTC      Solar Sub-s/c   Observation           Start UTC          Description 
          Lat    Lat
4061980  -14    +40      MonoLightCurveSeq_1a   1998-309T20:59:57  1 clear filter image every 5 deg of rotation for 1.2 Eros rot. 
                                                                    Followed by two images with no compression. Autoexp.
3732600  -16    +40      MonoLightCurveSeq_1b   1998-313T04:14:56  8 filters (no compr) every 30 deg, with alternating 3 or 4 filters 
                                                                  (fast) every 1.5  deg in between; all for 0.33 Eros rot. Autoexp.
2906770  -20    +40      MonoLightCurveSeq_2    1998-323T03:39:56  1 clear filter image every 5 deg of rotation for 1.3 Eros rot. Autoexp.
736308   -29    +41      MonoLightCurveSeq_3    1998-349T02:31:57  1 clr filter image every 8.76 deg of rotation for 1.2 Eros rot. 
                                                                     Autoexp.  Afterward 1 uncompressed image
983590   -53    -29      MonoLightCurveSeq_4    1999-045T02:32:00  1 clr filter image every 7.1 deg of rotation for 1.1 Eros rot. 
                                                                    Man exp 999 ms

974714   -78    -10      MonoLightCurveSeq_5    1999-104T05:55:00  1 clr filter image every 5 deg of rotation for 1.1 Eros rot. 
                                                                    Man exp 999 ms.
817816   -65    +17      MultispctrlLtCrve_C1   1999-166T03:09:59  Filters 0,1,5 every 7.3 deg. of rotation for 1.1 Eros rotations; 
                                                                    manual 999 ms exp.
680718   -43    +32      MultispctrlLtCrv_C2    1999-197T19:09:59  Filters 0,1,5 every 4 deg. of rotation for 1.1 Eros rotations; 
                                                                    manual 999 ms exp.