This page highlights available planetary data sites and repositories. This list is not exhaustive and will be updated as new resources are developed or decommissioned.
If a resource meets the criteria for listing (see below), please contact hq-pde@mail.nasa.gov. Being listed on this site does not imply an endorsement by NASA or the U.S. Government.
Featured Planetary Data Sites
PDS
The Planetary Data System (PDS) archives planetary data products from NASA's planetary missions, ground-based studies, and laboratory experiments.
Astromat
The Astromaterials Data System (Astromat) is an open archive for accessing, publishing, and preserving analytical laboratory data from planetary astromaterial samples.
All Planetary Data Sites and Repositories
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Near Earth Object Studies | The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) monitors the orbits of nearby comets and asteroids to determine whether they might pose a threat to Earth. CNEOS also provides tools for the study of potentially hazardous NEOs. |
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ |
| CheMin Database | The CheMin database provides chemical and minerology data from rock and soil samples collected by the Curiosity rover for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. |
https://odr.io/chemin |
| Comet Asteroid Telescopic Catalog Hunter | The Comet-Asteroid Telescopic Catalog Hub (CATCH) locates comets and asteroids within large astronomical data sets and returns information about their positions and speeds. |
https://catch.astro.umd.edu/ |
| Daily Moon Guide | NASA’s Daily Moon Guide allows users to explore imagery of the Moon every day of the year and zoom in to features that are only visible with binoculars or a telescope. |
https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/daily-moon-guide/?intent=021 |
| Exoplanet Opacity Database | The Molecules and Atoms in (Exo)planet Science: Tools and Resources for Opacities (MAESTRO) database provides validated opacity data for researching the chemical composition of planet and exoplanet atmospheres. |
https://science.data.nasa.gov/data-sites/opacities |
| GeoStac | Maintained by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Science Center, GeoSTAC (Geo SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs) is an implementation for rendering global datasets of planetary bodies. |
https://stac.astrogeology.usgs.gov/geostac/ |
| High-resolution TRANSmission molecular absorption database | Maintained at the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the High-resolution TRANSmission molecular absorption (HITRAN) database compiles spectroscopic parameters for the transmission and emission of light for many different molecules, enabling studies of planetary atmospheres. |
https://hitran.org/ |
| Infrared Processing & Analysis Center | The Infrared Processing & Analysis Center (IPAC) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) hosts several archives of NASA astrophysics data, including exoplanet observations. |
https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/ |
| Johnson Space Center Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office | The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center curates and catalogs astromaterials from NASA’s sample return missions, including materials from asteroids, comets, and the Moon. |
https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/ |
| Lowell Observatory Minor Planets Services | Lowell Observatory Minor Planet Services offers a range of tools to discover and obtain data about asteroids and plan new observations. |
https://asteroid.lowell.edu/gui/ |
Criteria for Listing
Data sites and repositories are considered for listing on this website based on the following criteria:
- Funded by the NASA Planetary Science Division, or funded by another division within the NASA Science Mission Directorate and significantly useful to planetary scientists.
- Data products that are not NASA-funded may be included if deemed significantly scientifically useful and available at no cost.
- Resource is publicly available.
- Desired criteria include:
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is provided so this resource can be cited and the author given proper credit.
- Data (and software, if relevant) license is clearly indicated.
- Clear guidance on use is available, including documentation regarding how the dataset was generated and how to cite the dataset.
- Contact information is provided for questions or support.
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