Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) V3.0

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The asteroid lightcurve database (LCDB) is one of the more widely-used research tools for those doing research that compares and contrasts physical characteristics of asteroid spin axis rates, sizes, pole orientations, and/or taxonomic class - among others. The v3.0 release includes lightcurve photometry results for more than 24500 targets. Each object has one to several dozen detail records that contain results obtained by scanning the literature.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:ast-lightcurve-database
issued	2021-05-21
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewBundle.jsp?identifier=urn%3Anasa%3Apds%3Aast-lightcurve-database&version=3.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]