Table information for 'mp3c_main.best'

General

Table Description: Best values for all physical properties of the minor bodies. For example, when a body has several mass measurements in the prop_mass table, we report here an average mass.

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

Resource Description: This service publishes minor body data, including orbits, masses, diameters, albedos, families and magnitudes. The tables have the same format as those used by the Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue (MP3C) user-friendly interface at https://mp3c.oca.eu/ and let you run more complex queries than the web interface.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue - Website mirror'

Resource Reference URL: https://mp3c.oca.eu/

Citing this table

This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference 2013DPS....4520829T (ADS BibTeX entry for the publication) either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

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

@MISC{vo:MP3C_Web,
  year=2022,
  title={Minor Planet Physical Properties Catalogue - Website mirror},
  author={Delbo, Marco},
  url={https://dachs.oca.eu/tableinfo/mp3c_main.best},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {OCA} Data Center}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
bid Bid Body ID representing an asteroid or dwarf planet across tables. Useful for JOIN queries. Body IDs are consistent only within a given version of the database and may change with time. N/A meta.id
parent Parent Best parent body number (family) of body. N/A meta.id
parent_name Parent_name Best parent body name (family) of body. N/A meta.id
mass Mass Best mass of body. kg phys.mass
mass_err Mass_err Error on best mass of body. kg stat.error;phys.mass
diameter Diameter Best diameter of body. km phys.size.diameter
diameter_err Diameter_err Error on best diameter of body. km stat.error;phys.size.diameter
inverse_diameter Inverse_diameter Best inverse of diameter of body. km**-1 N/A
inverse_diameter_err Inverse_diameter_err Error on best inverse of diameter of body. km**-1 stat.error
albedo Albedo Best geometric visible albedo of body. N/A phys.albedo
albedo_err Albedo_err Error on est geometric visible albedo of body. N/A stat.error;phys.albedo
g G Best slope parameter of magnitude of body (HG system). N/A arith.grad
g_err G_err Error on best slope parameter of magnitude of body (HG system). N/A stat.error;arith.grad
h H Best absolute magnitude of body (HG system). mag phys.magAbs
h_err H_err Error on best absolute magnitude of body (HG system). mag stat.error;phys.magAbs
a_p A_p Best proper semi-major axis of body orbit. AU phys.size.smajAxis
a_p_err A_p_err Error on best proper semi-major axis of body orbit. AU stat.error;phys.size.smajAxis
e_p E_p Best proper eccentricity of body orbit. N/A src.orbital.eccentricity
e_p_err E_p_err Error on best proper eccentricity of body orbit. N/A stat.error;src.orbital.eccentricity
i_p I_p Best proper inclination of body orbit. deg src.orbital.inclination
i_p_err I_p_err Error on best proper inclination of body orbit. deg stat.error;src.orbital.inclination
sin_i_p Sin_i_p Sine of proper inclination of body orbit. N/A N/A
sin_i_p_err Sin_i_p_err Error on sine of proper inclination of body orbit. N/A stat.error

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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