gaiadr2.aux_sso_orbits

Description

Auxiliary information on asteroid orbits and basic photometric parameters. Ready to ingest the astorb data base: ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/B/astorb/astorb.html

Attribution

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Columns

Name	Type	UCD	Unit	Description
solution_id	long	meta.version		Solution Identifier
number_mp	long	meta.id		Asteroid MPC number
designation	char	meta.id meta.main		MPC name
mag_h	double	phot.mag	mag	absolute magnitude
slope_g	double	stat.fit.param		slope parameter
code	int	meta.code.status		object specific flags
obs_arc	long	time.interval	Time[day]	arc spanned by the observations
obs_num	long	meta.number		number of observations used
osc_epoch	char	time.epoch	Time[yyyymmdd]	epoch of osculation
orb_m	double	src.orbital.meanAnomaly	deg	mean anomaly
omega	double	src.orbital.periastron	deg	argument of perihelion
node_omega	double	src.orbital.node	deg	longitude of ascending node
inclination	double	src.orbital.inclination	deg	orbit inclination
eccentricity	double	src.orbital.eccentricity		orbit eccentricity
a	double	src.orbital phys.size.smajAxis	AU	semimajor axis
orb_date	char	time.processing	Time[yyyymmdd]	date of orbit computation
ceu	double	src.orbital stat.error	arcsec	current orbit uncertainty
ceu_rate	double	arith.rate src.orbital stat.error	mas/s	rate of change of the orbit uncertainty
ceu_epoch	char	time	Time[yyyymmdd]	date of the CEU