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Les Houches Index of Small-Body Tools

Les Houches Index of Small-Body Tools

Databases - Webservices - Software

Databases

Where to get data.

AstDyS

• https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/
• Dynamical properties, osculating and proper elements, dynamical families.

Asteroid Families Portal

• http://asteroids.matf.bg.ac.rs/fam/properelements.php
• Catalogs of proper elements and dynamical family membership

AstroExplorer

• https://www.astroexplorer.org/
• An easy way to find illustration in astronomy

Centre de Données de Strasbourg (CDS)

• http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/
• Many catalogs from publications. However, the CDS is not built for moving objects.

DAMIT

• https://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/projects/damit/
• 3D shape models of asteroids from light curve inversion tehcniques

IMCCE SsODNet

• Form: https://ssp.imcce.fr/forms/ssocard
• API: https://ssp.imcce.fr/webservices/ssodnet/

Huge compilation of data from other resources listed here and published literature, view several levels of access:

• quaero: All names and aliases
• datacloud: Bulk access to data
• ssocard: Best properties for a given SSO
• ssobft: All best properties for all SSOs at once

JPL SBDB

• Form: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html
• API: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api.html

Compilation of parameters from many sources.

Lowell Observatory

• https://asteroid.lowell.edu/
• The ASTORB catalog of osculating elements and compilation of properties.

M4AST

• https://spectre.imcce.fr/m4ast/
• A compilation of visible and near-infrared spectra of asteroids, with tools for analysis

Meteoritical Bulletin

• https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/
• The database of meteorites: Official names, classifications, fall/find statistics

Minor Planet Center (MPC)

• https://minorplanetcenter.net/
• Central point for astrometric observations, observatory codes, orbits.

NASA Antarctic Meteorites

• https://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/
• Like the meteoritical bulletin + it has an API! But it's only for Antarctic meteorites.

NEODyS

• https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys/
• Similar to AstDyS, for NEAs

OCA MP3C

• https://mp3c.oca.eu/
• Compilation of data from both large repositories and literature.

PDS Small Body Node (PDS SBN)

• https://sbn.psi.edu/pds/
• Many standardized catalogs (well-documented PDS format) on SSOs, from space missions, observing campaigns and surveys, and derived properties.

RELAB

• https://pds-speclib.rsl.wustl.edu/
• Large library of meteorite and mineral spectra

SSHADE

• https://www.sshade.eu/
• Collections of spectra acquired in laboratory (meteorites, ices, minerals)

SiMDA

• https://astro.kretlow.de/?SiMDA
• Compilation of masses, diameters, and density of asteroids

USGS Spectral Library

• https://www.usgs.gov/labs/spectroscopy-lab/science/spectral-library
• Large library of mineral and mineral-mixture spectra

Webservices

Where to process data online.

classy

• https://classy.streamlit.app/
• Web interface of the classy python, offering access to the spectra database and the classification of public spectra and of your own observations

IMCCE VOSSP

• Forms: https://ssp.imcce.fr/forms
• APIs: https://ssp.imcce.fr/webservices/
• Several services for SSOs:
  • SkyBot: cone-search to list SSOs in a field of view
  • SkyBot 3D: get the position of all SSOs at a given epoch
  • Miriade/ephemcc: compute the ephemerides of positions, orientations, rise-transit-set, etc)
  • Miriade/ephemph: compute the phyiscal ephemerides (orientations)
  • Miriade/rts: compute the rise-transit-set times
  • Miriade/vision: tool to plan nights of observations

JPL Solar System Dynamics

• Forms: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
• APIs: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Several services for SSOs:
  • Horizons: Compute ephemerides
  • Identification: List SSOs in a field of view
  • What's Observable?: List all SSOs visible from a location

Lowell Observatory services

• https://asteroid.lowell.edu/
• Several services for SSOs:
  • AstInfo: simple access to the main information from PDS for a single object
  • AstObs: observing conditions for a list of targets in a given observatory
  • AstFinder: to build finding charts
  • AstEph: compute the ephemerides of position
  • Comet Fluorescence Efficiencies: Comet fluorescence efficiencies and Haser model

M4AST

• https://spectre.imcce.fr/m4ast/
• Tools for taxonomy classification and band analysis of spectra

Minor Planet Center

• https://minorplanetcenter.net/
• The official place to send/get astrometry of SSO.

SVO Filter Profile Service

• http://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/theory/fps/
• A huge compilation of information on filters: Zero Point, transmission curve, etc...

VESPA

• http://vespa.obspm.fr/planetary/data/
• Hub allowing to query many different services with a TAP interface

Software

How to process data locally.

ATM

• https://github.com/moeyensj/atm
• A python package to build asteroid thermal models

astroquery

• https://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• A python package offering access to various astronomical databases via a unified interface

classy

• https://github.com/maxmahlke/classy
• A python package for easy access and analysis to (almost) all asteroid spectra out there and taxonomic classification in multiple systems

NEATM

• https://github.com/MigoMueller/NEATM
• A python implementation of the Near-Earth Asteroid Thermal Model (NEATM)

OpenOrb

• https://github.com/oorb/oorb
• Open-source orbit computation written in Fortran

Photometry Pipeline

• https://photometrypipeline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• A versatile and user-friendly python package for measuring SSO photometry in images

pyedra

• https://github.com/milicolazo/Pyedra
• A python package for phase-function fitting using different photometric models

rocks

• https://github.com/maxmahlke/rocks
• A python package offering simple access to all data and services of SsODNet: best estimates of dynamical and physical parameters of asteroids, compilation of literature values, and name resolver.

Small Body Mapping Tool

• https://sbmt.jhuapl.edu
• Interactive tool to visualize and manipulate small body shape models in 3D. Project spacecraft data directly on the shape models of asteroids and comets.

sbpy

• https://sbpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
• astropy-affiliated python package with functions for planetary astronomy: data access, photometric and spectrophotometric analysis, and more. Planetary astronomy functions