PDS_VERSION_ID       = PDS3                                                   
RECORD_TYPE          = STREAM                                                 
SPACECRAFT_NAME      = NEAR                                                   
OBJECT               = TEXT                                                   
  PUBLICATION_DATE   = 2012-02-27                                             
  NOTE               = "AAREADME: describes data from Eros                    
                        gravity/shape models.                                 
                                                                              
    This data set was was extracted from the original NREROS_2001             
    DVD-ROM volume which contained five complete data sets.  The              
    information below comprises the AAREADME.TXT file from that               
    volume.  Directories and files not relevant to this particular            
    data set have been removed.  The index file has been edited               
    to remove references to files not in this data set.  Otherwise,           
    the files are unaltered.                                                  
                                                                              
    -A.C.Raugh, 2012-02-27                                                    
    "                                                                         
END_OBJECT           = TEXT                                                   
                                                                              
END                                                                           
                                                                              
NEAR Mission RADIO SCIENCE (RSS) Data Set                                     
========================================================================      
                                                                              
                                                                              
Introduction                                                                  
============                                                                  
                                                                              
   This document provides an overview of this volume of this Near Earth       
   Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Radio Science Data Set, including a gravity     
   model with landmarks file; an NLR shape/gravity model is included for      
   comparison.   The NEAR Science Data Center (SDC) archives NEAR science     
   data to the Small Bodies Node (SBN) of the  Planetary Data System (PDS),   
   as specified in the NEAR Project Archive Generation, Validation and        
   Transfer Plan (February 1998).                                             
                                                                              
   NEAR data sets contain data from only one instrument and one mission phase.
   Mission phases for data sets are defined in the table below. Each data     
   set contains the data from a range of days and all supporting directories. 
   The data sets may span multiple volumes.  The GEOMETRY data containing the 
   SPICE ephemerides, attitude and other files are delivered in a separate    
   data set.                                                                  
                                                                              
   This data set is a part of the NEAR final archive delivery as              
   described by the NEAR PDS Data Archive Plan. The Plan also describes the   
   higher level data products, which will become separate PDS data sets.      
                                                                              
                                                                              
Volume Format                                                                 
=============                                                                 
                                                                              
   This volume has been formatted according to the ISO-9660 level 2           
   Interchange Standard.                                                      
                                                                              
   This volume does not contain any Extended Attribute Records (XAR).         
   Thus, some VAX/VMS users may have problems accessing files on this         
   volume.                                                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
File Formats                                                                  
============                                                                  
                                                                              
   All text documents and other meta information files such as                
   descriptions, PDS object definitions and detached PDS labels have a        
   carriage return (ASCII 13) and a line feed character (ASCII 10) at the end 
   of the record.  This allows the files to be read by MS-DOS/Windows, Unix,  
   and VMS operating systems.                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
Volume Contents                                                               
===============                                                               
                                                                              
   Files on this volume are organized into a set of subdirectories            
   below the top-level directory. The following table shows the               
   structure of these directories. See the *INFO.TXT files in each directory  
   for specific information on the files in the directory.                    
                                                                              
Volume directory structure:                                                   
                                                                              
    |-AAREADME.TXT        The text version of the AAREADME file.              
    |-ERRATA.TXT          Text information describing data errors/anomalies.  
    |-VOLDESC.CAT         Description of the contents of this volume.         
    |-CATALOG--                                                               
    |-EROSFB --                                                               
    |-EROSORB -                                                               
    |-EROSGRAV-                                                               
    |-EROSHAPE-                                                               
    |-MATHFB --                                                               
    |-DOCUMENT                                                                
    |-DOCUMENT-GRAVITY                                                        
    |-GEOMETRY-                                                               
    |-INDEX---                                                                
                                                                              
                Description                                                   
-----------------------------                                                 
                                                                              
CATALOG     Templates for the mission, instrument host, instrument,           
            and data set.                                                     
                                                                              
DATA        The radio data is provided in raw and derived versions.           
            The data is organized by mission phase.                           
            (EROSFB,EROSORB,EROSGRAV,EROSHAPE,MATHFB)                         
                                                                              
DOCUMENT    Instrument document and solution for gravity field manuscript.    
                                                                              
GEOMETRY    This directory contains only a GEOMINFO.TXT file.                 
            A separate GEOMETRY volume contains all of the SPICE kernels in   
            text transfer format for the mission phase and the supporting     
            documentation.                                                    
                                                                              
INDEX       INDEX TABLES for this CD and the volume set describing times and  
            key data file parameter values.                                   
                                                                              
                                                                              
Mission Phase Parameters                                                      
-------------------------------------------------------                       
                                                                              
1) Phase Name                                                                 
2) Segment(Phase Abbrv)                                                       
3) Start Year, DayOf Year                                                     
4) End Year, DayOf Year,                                                      
5) Length(days)                                                               
-------------------------------------------------------                       
                                                                              
CRUISE1                CRU1      1996051      1997175    491                  
MATHILDE               MATH      1997176      1997178      3                  
CRUISE2                CRU2      1997179      1998022    209                  
EARTH                  ERTH      1998023      1998026      4                  
CRUISE3                CRU3      1998027      1998356    330                  
EROS/FLYBY             ERFB      1998357      1998357      1                  
CRUISE4                CRU4      1998358      2000010    383                  
EROS/ORBIT             EROS      2000011      2001043    399                  
EROS/SURFACE           ERSF      2001044      2001059     16                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Dr Ed Grayzeck                                                                
Archive Manager                                                               
Small Bodies Node of PDS                                                      
Department of Astronomy                                                       
University of Maryland                                                        
College Park, MD                                                              
20742-2421                                                                    
301-405-1539                                                                  
grayzeck@astro.umd.edu