Data · dataset · 2025
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) V3.0
Listed in NASA Data Portal
The asteroid lightcurve database (LCDB) is one of the more widely-used research tools for those doing research that compares and contrasts physical characteristics of asteroid spin axis rates, sizes, pole orientations, and/or taxonomic class - among others.
Description
The v3.0 release includes lightcurve photometry results for more than 24500 targets. Each object has one to several dozen detail records that contain results obtained by scanning the literature.
Links
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/asteroid-lightcurve-database-lcdb-v3-0 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=7249ec82-e800-40f6-9c89-dc9e95d9b… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Provenance · 1 source records, 6 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Data Portal | 7249ec82-e800-40f6-9c89-dc9e95d9b5b9 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |