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Asteroid Magnitudes, UBV colors, Albedos, and Diameters
Edward F. Tedesco
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MS 100-22
Pasadena, CA 91109
This file is essentially that provided as IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey
final data product No. 4 [IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey: Preprint Version No.
1 (1986). (D. Matson, Ed.). JPL internal document No. 3698]. Differences
between that file and MAG-ETAL.DAT are described below.
Field Remarks
Asteroid Asteroid number. Asteroids numbered through 3318 are included.
There is one record for each asteroid.
H The visual absolute magnitude from the IRAS ground-based input
data set. These differ from the blue absolute magnitudes (HB)
given in final data product No. 4. In many cases they also
differ from those published in the 1988 Russian ephemeris.
G The slope parameter from the IRAS ground-based input data set.
In many cases these differ from those published in the 1988
Russian ephemeris.
HQ The quality code for the absolute magnitude and slope parameter.
3 is best and 1 worst.
U-B The U-B color index from IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final
data product 13.
UQ The quality code for the U-B color index as given in final data
product 13. [See below]
B-V The B-V color index from IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final
data product 13.
BQ The quality code for the B-V color index as given in final data
product 13. [See below]
UBV Ref. The reference for the UBV color(s):
1 Bowell et al. (1979) In Asteroids (T. Gehrels, ed.),
pp. 1108-1129. ["TRIAD"]
2 Zellner et al. (1985) Icarus 61, 355-416. ["ECAS"]
3 Weighted mean of values from references 1 and 2.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo from IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final
data product No. 4
Albedo Unc. One sigma formal uncertainty in the visual geometric albedo from
IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final data product No. 4
D Diameter (in km) from IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final data
product No. 4
D Unc. One sigma formal uncertainty in the diameter from IRAS Asteroid
and Comet Survey final data product No. 4
No. IRAS Number of IRAS observations used in computing the albedo and
diameter (from IRAS Asteroid and Comet Survey final data product
No. 4)
The quality codes for the UBV colors were obtained as follows:
Quality For sigma
Code
0 > 0.05 magnitude
1 <= 0.05 but > 0.03 magnitude
2 <= 0.03 but > 0.02 magnitude, and
3 <= 0.02 magnitude
4 <= 0.02 magnitude and good agreement between
results from references 1 and 2.
For additional details refer to the appropriate chapters in the IRAS Asteroid
and Comet Survey: Preprint Version No. 1 (1986).