Table information for 'neocc.orbits'

General

Table Description: Historical orbit reductions for the asteroids. To resolve granule_uid here to object metadata, join with neocc.epn_core.

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: NEO orbits and data

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'NEOCC Database of the ESA Near Earth Objects Coordination Centre'

Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:neocc_orbits,
  year=2023,
  title={{NEOCC} Database of the {ESA} Near Earth Objects Coordination Centre},
  author={{ESA}'s Planetary Defence Office},
  url={http://dachs.neo.s2p.esa.int/tableinfo/neocc.orbits},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {NEOCC} Tap Server}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
granule_uid Internal Id Foreign key into epn_core, letting you resolve this record to object names, etc. N/A meta.ref
active Active 1 if this is the best available orbit, 0 otherwise N/A meta.code.qual
insertion_date Insertion_date Date this orbit was added to database N/A time.creation
elements_type Elements_type Type of orbital elements derived; possible values are: ke1 (Keplerian to epoch), ke0 (Keplerian to the centre of the observed arc). N/A meta.code
epoch Epoch Standard epoch of orbital elements in MJD. d time.epoch
d_perihelion D_perihelion Distance of the asteroid at perihelion AU pos.distance;pos.heliocentric
d_aphelion D_aphelion Distance of the asteroid at aphelion AU pos.distance;pos.heliocentric
arg_perihel Arg_perihel Argument of perihelion (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch deg src.orbital.periastron
arg_perihel_error Arg_perihel_error RMS of the argument of Perihelion deg stat.error;src.orbital.periastron
eccentricity Eccentricity eccentricity (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch N/A src.orbital.eccentricity
eccentricity_error Eccentricity_error RMS of the eccentricity of the orbit N/A stat.error;src.orbital.eccentricity
inclination Inclination Inclination to the ecliptic (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch. deg src.orbital.inclination
inclination_error Inclination_error RMS of the inclination of the orbit to the ecliptic deg stat.error;src.orbital.inclination
long_asc Long_asc Longitude of ascending node (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch deg src.orbital.node
long_asc_error Long_asc_error RMS of the longitude of ascending node_error deg stat.error;src.orbital.node
mean_anomaly Mean_anomaly Mean anomaly (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch deg src.orbital.meanAnomaly
mean_anomaly_error Mean_anomaly_error RMS of the mean anomaly at the epoch deg stat.error;src.orbital.meanAnomaly
semi_major_axis Semi_major_axis semi major axis (Ecliptic J2000.0) at standard epoch AU phys.size.smajAxis
semi_major_axis_error Semi_major_axis_error RMS of orbital semimajor axis AU stat.error;phys.size.smajAxis
moid Moid Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance with Earth orbit AU pos.distance
orbit_period Orbit Period The period of the orbit d time.period.revolution

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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