Updating the Asteroid Albedo-Diameter Database

Tedesco，EdwardTerraSystems，Inc.AST 99-73057Dr. Tedesco将利用从红外天文卫星数据库中提取的新数据和最近通过中段空间实验卫星红外辐射计获得的观测数据，制作一个更新的标准化小行星直径数据库。该数据库提供的较大样本将有助于更好地描述小主带小行星的特性，并为小行星带起源和演变模型提供制约因素。该数据库将通过发表论文和纳入天体物理学数据中心的数据库和行星数据中心的小天体节点向社区提供。

Tedesco, EdwardTerraSystems, Inc.AST 99-73057Dr. Tedesco will produce an updated, standardized asteroid albedos - diameter database by using new data extracted from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) database and recently available observations obtained with the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite's infrared radiometer. The larger sample provided by the database will lead to a better characterization of the properties of small main-belt asteroids and provide constraints for models of the origin and evolution of the asteroid belt. The database will be made available to the community through published papers and inclusion in the Astrophysics Data Center's database and the Planetary Data Center's Small Bodies Node.