Updated: 18-FEB-2011 by Nat Bachman (JPL)

   The kernels in this path conform to a format specification not
   supported by the SPICE Toolkit. Contact NAIF if you need to obtain
   software that reads these files.

   NAIF has developed a new file format called DSK ("digital shape
   kernel") for storing shape data. There is currently an alpha test
   version of the SPICE Toolkit that reads and writes DSK files. See
   the NAIF web site

      naif.jpl.nasa.gov

   for the release announcement describing this alpha test software.

   The DSK format will continue to be supported by future, official
   versions of the SPICE Toolkit.


Updated: 09-JUN-2008 by Ed Wright (JPL)

This directory contains a set of example SPICE plate model kernels. 
Each kernel is stored as a compressed, SPICE transfer format file.

   bacchus_4092.xfr.gz
   eros_196606_1.xfr.gz
   golevka_4092.xfr.gz
   itokawa_4092.xfr.gz
   kleopatra_4092.xfr.gz
   toutatis_39996.xfr.gz
   vesta_5040.xfr.gz
   phobos_329676.xfr.gz
   phobos_49152.xfr.gz

Asteroids with available plate model kernels:

Bacchus   - 4092 plates, source http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/rshape.html
Eros      - 196606 plates, source Bob Gaskell
Golevka   - 4092 plates, source http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/rshape.html
Itokawa   - 4092 plates, source http://www.psi.edu/pds/source/rshape.html
Kleopatra - 4092 plates, source  http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/rshape.html
Toutatis  - 39996 plates, source http://www.psi.edu/pds/source/rshape.html
Vesta     - 5040 plates, source DAWN mission

Phobos plate model kernels:

   phobos_329676 - 329676 plates. Nat Bachman used the mkplat 
   application to construct the model from topography data 
   provided by Tom Duxbury of JPL.
   
   phobos_49152 - 49152 plates. Ed Wright used the mkplat 
   application to construct the model from shape data provided by 
   Bob Gaskell of JPL.

Convert the files to binary plate kernels with the commands:

   $ gzip -d name.xfr.gz
   $ tobin name.xfr name.bpm

Where 'name' is one of: 

   bacchus_4092
   eros_196606_1
   golevka_4092
   itokawa_4092
   kleopatra_4092
   toutatis_39996
   vesta_5040
   phobos_329676
   phobos_49152

These kernels for use only with the NAIF supplied plate software,
platelib version 3.0.0. The SPICE plate library prior to version 3.0.0 
cannot read these kernels.