Introduction to Small Bodies Node

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The PDS is NASA's Planetary Data System. It consists of data archives from NASA missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements, organized into a structure and format suitable for archival and retrospective research by the scientific community. The PDS is sponsored by NASA's Office of Space Science, Exploration of the Solar System Division to ensure long-term usability of data, to stimulate research, to facilitate data access and to support correlative analysis of data.

For more information about the PDS please go to this background information page.

STRUCTURE
The PDS includes eight subnodes listed below:

PDS Nodes:

Management

Atmospheres

Geosciences

Imaging

NAIF

PPI

Rings

Small Bodies

Engineering

The Small Bodies Node archives data related to Comets, Asteroids and Interplanetary Dust.

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU
If you are interested in information about these bodies but not necessarily the tables of numbers contained in the archives, we have pulled together some information and activities for you. Please enjoy our site and let us know if you didn't find what you were looking for.

Problems or Questions?

For technical or form-related questions, please contact Anne Raugh ( raughastro.umd.edu). For scientific or data-related questions, contact Ludmilla Kolokolova (ludmillaastro.umd.edu).

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Last Update: Puru Shetty (July 16, 2007)
Contact: pshetty@umd.edu