ASTEROID RADAR V18.0: Ground-Based Asteroid Radar Detections

National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a collection of all published ground-based asteroid radar detections. The data set includes disc-integrated radar properties extracted from published papers and is maintained by Lance A.M. Benner, based on the original collection by Steven J. Ostro. The file was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling asteroid shapes and spin states based on disc-integrated radar properties.
• Analyzing the physical characteristics of asteroids from published radar detections.
• Researching the orbital and physical evolution of near-Earth objects using long-term radar data.
• Validating theoretical models of asteroid composition and structure against observational radar data.

Strengths

• Includes all published ground-based asteroid radar detections, suggesting a broad scope.
• Based on a long-standing collection established by a noted scientist and currently maintained.
• Data was updated on March 13, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collection of published ground-based asteroid radar detections from scientific papers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:31:30.025892; freshness should be verified.