PDS_VERSION_ID      = PDS3                                                    
RECORD_TYPE         = FIXED_LENGTH                                            
RECORD_BYTES        = 80                                                      
OBJECT              = TEXT                                                    
  PUBLICATION_DATE    = 2012-02-27                                            
  NOTE                = "Description of contents of CATALOG directory "       
END_OBJECT          = TEXT                                                    
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     The CATALOG directory contains target, instrument, personnel, and data   
set PDS catalog objects for this archive volume.  The files follow the        
'streamlined' format adopted by the Planetary Data System (PDS) in late 1993  
and documented in the Planetary Data System Standards Reference (Version 3.1, 
3 August 1994; JPL D-7669, Part 2).                                           
                                                                              
     Each catalog object is in ASCII, with a maximum of 80 characters per line
delimited with a carriage-return (ASCII 13) line-feed (ASCII 10), as follows: 
INSTHOST.CAT                                                                  
     Description of the spacecraft and Deep Space Network dishes.             
MISSION.CAT                                                                   
     Outline of the mission, identifying phases.                              
RSINST.CAT                                                                    
     An overview of the spacecraft radio system used for these experiments on 
NEAR spacecraft, and a summary description of the Deep Space Network          
instrumentation which supports radio science experiments.                     
PERSON.CAT                                                                    
     A list of people involved in analyzing the radio data and in producing   
the archival data set.                                                        
DATASET.CAT                                                                   
     A description of the data set which outlines information on the primary  
data types for the Mathilde flyby.                                            
REF.CAT                                                                       
     A list of radio science/gravity publication references                   
which summarize the analysis and results based on these datasets.             
                                                                              
                                                                              
The following files were added in Winter 2012 for use in long-term            
maintenance:                                                                  
                                                                              
CHECKSUM.LBL    PDS label for CHECKSUM.TAB                                    
                                                                              
CHECKSUM.TAB    MD5 checksums for every file in the data set except           
                itself and CHECKSUM.LBL