PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 /* File Characteristics */ RECORD_TYPE = FIXED_LENGTH RECORD_BYTES = 70 FILE_RECORDS = 110 /* Data Object Pointers */ ^TABLE = "RADAR.TAB" /* Identification Keywords */ DATA_SET_ID = "EAR-A-5-DDR-RADAR-V3.0" PRODUCT_NAME = "Asteroid Radar Detections" PRODUCT_ID = "RADAR-RADAR-199604" INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "N/A" INSTRUMENT_NAME = "N/A" TARGET_NAME = ASTEROID START_TIME = 1968 STOP_TIME = 1996 PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 1996-03-29 /* Peer Review Date */ RECORD_FORMAT = "(I5,1X,A10,A3,1X,E7.1,1X,E7.1,1X, F4.2,2X,F4.2,1X,I4,1X,I4,1X,A8)" /* Data Object Description */ OBJECT = TABLE ROWS = 110 ROW_BYTES = 70 INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII COLUMNS = 10 DESCRIPTION = "Compilation of radar observations of asteroids. This data file was provided by S. J. Ostro, JPL." OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "ASTEROID ID" DESCRIPTION = "Asteroid catalog number." DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 1 BYTES = 5 FORMAT = I5 END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "ASTEROID PRELIMINARY DESIGNATION" DESCRIPTION = "Asteroid preliminary designation." DATA_TYPE = CHARACTER START_BYTE = 7 BYTES = 10 FORMAT = A10 END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "CROSS SECTION FLAG" DESCRIPTION = "The presence of a '> =' in this column indicates that the radar cross section in the next column is a lower limit." DATA_TYPE = CHARACTER START_BYTE = 17 BYTES = 3 FORMAT = A3 END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "RADAR CROSS SECTION" DESCRIPTION = "Radar cross section of asteroid." UNIT = "SQUARE KILOMETERS" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 21 BYTES = 7 FORMAT = "E7.1" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "RADAR CROSS SECTION UNCERTAINTY" DESCRIPTION = "Uncertainty in radar cross section." UNIT = "SQUARE KILOMETERS" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 29 BYTES = 7 FORMAT = "E7.1" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "CIRCULAR POLARIZATION RATIO" DESCRIPTION = "Circular polarization ratio, SC/OC." DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 37 BYTES = 4 FORMAT = "F4.2" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "CIRCULAR POLARIZATION UNCERTAINTY" DESCRIPTION = "Uncertainty in the circular polarization ratio." DATA_TYPE = ASCII_REAL START_BYTE = 43 BYTES = 4 FORMAT = "F4.2" END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "TRANSMITTER FREQUENCY" DESCRIPTION = "Transmitter frequency in MHz." UNIT = "MEGAHERTZ" DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 48 BYTES = 4 FORMAT = I4 END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "OBSERVATION YEAR" DESCRIPTION = "Year of observation." DATA_TYPE = ASCII_INTEGER START_BYTE = 53 BYTES = 4 FORMAT = I4 END_OBJECT = COLUMN OBJECT = COLUMN NAME = "REFERENCE CODE" DESCRIPTION = "This code refers to the references given in the file 'radarref.tab'. A code between 80 and 89 inclusive refers to observations reported in an abstract only. A code between 90 and 99 inclusive refers to observations which have not yet been published. In ach of these two cases, an entry appears in the dataset for completeness, but no data are included. " DATA_TYPE = CHARACTER START_BYTE = 58 BYTES = 8 FORMAT = A8 END_OBJECT = COLUMN END_OBJECT = TABLE END