PDS_VERSION_ID        = PDS3                                                  
RECORD_TYPE           = FIXED_LENGTH                                          
RECORD_BYTES          = 82                                                    
FILE_RECORDS          = 136                                                   
                                                                              
DATA_SET_ID           = "EAR-C-MCDIDS-3-RDR-MCDNLD-V1.0"                      
PRODUCT_ID            = "MOFCS-PARAMMC-199703"                                
PRODUCT_NAME          = "MOFCS: Observational Parameters"                     
PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 1997-03-22T21:08:26                                   
OBSERVER_FULL_NAME    = "COCHRAN,A/ET AL."                                    
START_TIME            = 1981-08-25                                            
STOP_TIME             = 1989-05-08                                            
TARGET_NAME           = "COMET"                                               
INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME  = "MCDONALD OBSERVATORY 2.7M HARLAN J. SMITH TELESCOPE" 
INSTRUMENT_NAME       = "MCDONALD INTENSIFIED DISSECTOR SCANNER"              
                                                                              
^HEADER               = ("parammc.tab",1)                                     
^TABLE                = ("parammc.tab",3)                                     
                                                                              
OBJECT     = HEADER                                                           
  HEADER_TYPE = COLUMN_LABEL                                                  
  BYTES       = 164                                                           
  RECORDS     = 2                                                             
END_OBJECT = HEADER                                                           
                                                                              
OBJECT     = TABLE                                                            
  INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = "ASCII"                                                
  ROWS               = 134                                                    
  ROW_BYTES          = 82                                                     
  COLUMNS            = 12                                                     
  DESCRIPTION        = "                                                      
    This parameter file describes data taken by Anita Cochran et al. (1992)   
    "                                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 1                                                         
    NAME          = "PERIODIC COMET NUMBER"                                   
    START_BYTE    = 1                                                         
    BYTES         = 3                                                         
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_INTEGER                                             
    FORMAT        = I3                                                        
    DESCRIPTION   = "Sequential number assigned to short-period comets; blank 
      is the object is not periodic or has not yet been numbered"             
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 2                                                         
    NAME          = "COMET TYPE"                                              
    START_BYTE    = 4                                                         
    BYTES         = 1                                                         
    DATA_TYPE     = CHARACTER                                                 
    FORMAT        = A1                                                        
    DESCRIPTION   = "Single character indicating comet type:                  
         C  Non-periodic                                                      
         D  Defunct                                                           
         P  Periodic                                                          
      This field is separated from the COMET_NAME by a slash (/)."            
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 3                                                         
    NAME          = "COMET NAME"                                              
    START_BYTE    = 6                                                         
    BYTES         = 25                                                        
    DATA_TYPE     = CHARACTER                                                 
    FORMAT        = A25                                                       
    DESCRIPTION   = "Name of the comet (after up to three co-discoverers)"    
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 4                                                         
    NAME          = "IAU DESIGNATION"                                         
    START_BYTE    = 32                                                        
    BYTES         = 7                                                         
    DATA_TYPE     = CHARACTER                                                 
    FORMAT        = A7                                                        
    DESCRIPTION   = "IAU discovery designation. In the case of numbered       
      short-period comets, this is the principal discovery designation."      
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 5                                                         
    NAME          = "OBSOLETE DISCOVERY DESIGNATION"                          
    START_BYTE    = 41                                                        
    FORMAT        = A5                                                        
    DATA_TYPE     = CHARACTER                                                 
    BYTES         = 5                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Old-style IAU discovery designation"                     
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 6                                                         
    NAME          = YEAR                                                      
    START_BYTE    = 48                                                        
    FORMAT        = I4                                                        
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_INTEGER                                             
    BYTES         = 4                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Four-digit year of observation"                          
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 7                                                         
    NAME          = MONTH                                                     
    START_BYTE    = 53                                                        
    FORMAT        = I2                                                        
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_INTEGER                                             
    BYTES         = 2                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "2-digit month of observation"                            
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 8                                                         
    NAME          = DAY                                                       
    START_BYTE    = 56                                                        
    FORMAT        = I2                                                        
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_INTEGER                                             
    BYTES         = 2                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "2-digit day-in-month of observation"                     
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 9                                                         
    NAME          = "R(HELIO)"                                                
    START_BYTE    = 59                                                        
    FORMAT        = "F4.2"                                                    
    UNIT          = "AU"                                                      
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_REAL                                                
    BYTES         = 4                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Heliocentric distance of the comet during the observation
      in units of Astronomical Units (AU)."                                   
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 10                                                        
    NAME          = "VR(HELIO)"                                               
    START_BYTE    = 64                                                        
    FORMAT        = "F6.2"                                                    
    UNIT          = "KM/S"                                                    
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_REAL                                                
    BYTES         = 6                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Comet heliocentric radial velocity during the observation
      in units of kilometers/second."                                         
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 11                                                        
    NAME          = "DELTA"                                                   
    START_BYTE    = 71                                                        
    FORMAT        = "F4.2"                                                    
    UNIT          = "AU"                                                      
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_REAL                                                
    BYTES         = 4                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Geocentric distance of the comet during the observation  
      in units of Astronomical Units (AU)."                                   
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
  OBJECT     = COLUMN                                                         
    COLUMN_NUMBER = 12                                                        
    NAME          = "PROJECTED APER SIZE(KM)"                                 
    START_BYTE    = 77                                                        
    FORMAT        = "I4"                                                      
    UNIT          = "KM"                                                      
    DATA_TYPE     = ASCII_INTEGER                                             
    BYTES         = 4                                                         
    DESCRIPTION   = "Projected radius of the aperture at the comet in units   
      of kilometers."                                                         
  END_OBJECT = COLUMN                                                         
                                                                              
END_OBJECT = TABLE                                                            
END