PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TEXT NOTE = "AAREADME file for the Stardust Collector Plate Geometry" PUBLICATION_DATE = 2006-07-10 END_OBJECT = TEXT END This volume was created for the sole purpose of delivering this small data set on a hard medium to Engineering Node and the NSSDC. For information about content and format, please see the documentation in the descriptive sections of the files in the catalog/ subdirectory. Geometry of the Stardust Collector Plate ======================================== Introduction ============ This document provides an overview of this volume of the Stardust collector plate geometry, including a complete listing of the volume contents. This volume contains information about the position, orientation and velocity of the Stardust spacecraft and the dust collector plate during the Interstellar Particle (ISP) collection phases and the encounter with comet Wild 2. Volume Contents =============== Files on this volume are organized into a set of subdirectories below the top-level directory. The following table shows the structure and content of these directories. In the table, directory names are enclosed in square brackets ([]). [TOP-LEVEL-DIRECTORY] | |-- AAREADME.TXT The text version of the AAREADME file. |-- VOLDESC.CAT Description of the contents of this volume. | |--[CATALOG] Directory containing PDS catalog objects. | | | |-- CATINFO.TXT Description of files in the CATALOG directory. | |-- DATASET.CAT Description of the collector geometry data. | |-- SDU.CAT Description of the spacecraft. | |-- SRC.CAT Description of the Sample Return Capsule. | |-- STARDUST.CAT Description of the mission. | |-- REFERENCE.CAT References to works cited in catalog objects. | |-- PERSON.CAT Description of the PDS personnel. | |-- 81P_WILD_2_1978_A2.CAT Target catalog object for comet Wild 2. | |-- 5535_ANNEFRANK.CAT Target catalog object for asteroid Annefrank. | +-- INTERSTELLAR_PARTICLES Target catalog object for interstellar dust. | |--[DATA] Directory containing Collector geometry data. | | | |-- COLLGEOM_ISP1.TAB Collector Geometry during ISP phase 1. | |-- COLLGEOM_ISP2.TAB Collector Geometry during ISP phase 1. | |-- COLLGEOM_W2.TAB Collector Geometry during Wild 2 encounter. | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for the files in this directory. | |--[DOCUMENT] Directory containing volume related documents. | | | |-- DOCINFO.TXT Description of files in the DOCUMENT directory. | |-- MISSION_PLAN.PDF Stardust Mission Plan Document. | |-- M_PLAN_SUPA.PDF Supplement A to mission plan. | |-- M_PLAN_SUPB.PDF Supplement B to mission plan. | |-- *.PNG Diagrams illustrating key mission elements. | +-- *.LBL PDS labels for documents in this directory. | +--[INDEX] Directory containing index files. | |-- INDXINFO.TXT Description of files in the INDEX directory. |-- INDEX.TAB Index of files on this volume. +-- INDEX.LBL PDS label for INDEX.TAB file. Whom to Contact for Information =============================== Geometry Calculations Boris Semenov PDS Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF), MAIL STOP 301-125L Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA, 91109-8099 Phone: +1 818-354-3869 WWW Site: http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov Electronic mail address: pds_operator@naif.jpl.nasa.gov Preparation for PDS (SBN) Tony Farnham Department of Astronomy University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Phone: +1 301-405-3856 Electronic mail address: farnham@astro.umd.edu -Tony Farnham PDS Small Bodies Node University of Maryland 2006-07-20