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NEAR Collected Shape and Gravity Models

NEAR-A-5-COLLECTED-MODELS-V1.0

Shape and gravity models of the NEAR targets 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros, produced by the various NEAR instrument teams.

Data Set Catalog file

MSI Data files and labels

253 Mathilde Shape Model Table Label
253 Mathilde Shape Model Image List Table Label
253 Mathilde Image Mosaic FITS image Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 1708 facets Table Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 7790 facets Table Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 10152 facets Table Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 22540 facets Table Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 89398 facets Table Label
433 Eros Plate Model, 200700 facets Table Label
433 Eros Lon-Lat Shape Model Table Label

NAV Data files and labels

433 Eros NAV Gravity Model Table Label
433 Eros NAV Plate Model Table Label
433 Eros NAV Spherical Harmonic Coefficients Table Label

NLR Data files and labels

433 Eros NLR Shape Data Table Label
433 Eros NLR Coverage Map FITS image Label
433 Eros NLR Shape Map, 1m resolution FITS image Label
433 Eros NLR Shape Map, 0.25m resolution FITS image Label
433 Eros NLR Spherical Harmonic Coefficients Table Label

Radio Science Data files and labels

433 Eros Bouguer Gravity Acceleration Map, degree 2-5 FITS image Label
433 Eros Bouguer Gravity Acceleration Map, degree 2-6 FITS image Label
433 Eros Bouguer Gravity Acceleration Map, degree 2-7 FITS image Label
433 Eros Spin and Landmark Data Table Label
NEAR15A Spherical Harmonic Coefficients Table Label
NEAR15A Covariance Matrix Table Label
NLR393V3 Gravitational Potential Coefficients Table Label
NLR393V3 Covariance Matrix Table Label
Radial Gravity Acceleration Map FITS image Label

Documentation

"MSI Optical Shape Models of 433 Eros" Text file Label
"NEAR15A Gravity Model of Eros" Text file Label
"NLR Shape and Gravity Models of 433 Eros" Text file Label
"NEAR Radio Science Subsystem Gravity Files" Text file Label

The paper "A Global Solution for the Gravity Field, Rotation, Landmarks, and Ephemeris of Eros", Konopliv et al. 2001.