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    • Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASS) V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (SMASS) was a wide wavelength-coverage visible spectroscopic survey of asteroids carried out primarily at the Michagan-Dartmouth-MIT (McGraw Hill) Observatory on Kitt Peak beginning in 1990. This data set covers the observations for the years 1990-1994 and includes spectra of 316 asteroids. The data have been published in Xu et al. (1995), Icarus 115, 1-35, 1995.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    References

    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:gbo.ast.smass.spectra
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id bf34c643-c343-4d29-8e13-f82d8bc52104
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewBundle.jsp?identifier=urn%3Anasa%3Apds%3Agbo.ast.smass.spectra&version=1.0
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 12f9ab720614bbb9c3cae2b30e29d234ded1b56579d9c78a92ac70cca3f9f39f
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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