space-classy 0.3.1

classification tool for minor bodies using reflectance spectra and visual albedos

Note: The classification pipeline is implemented yet the user-interface is minimal so far. I am currently writing my PhD thesis and intend to make classy more user-friendly in July / August of this year. For questions or issues, please use the Issues page of this repository or contact me via email.

Features - Install - Documentation - Data - Development

Features

Classify asteroids in the taxonomic scheme by Mahlke, Carry, Mattei 2022.

$ classy classify path/to/observations.csv
INFO     Looks like we got 2 S, 1 Ee, 1 B, 1 X, 1 Q

Install

classy is available on the python package index as space-classy:

$ pip install space-classy

Documentation

Check out the documentation at classy.readthedocs.io. or run

 $ classy docs

Data

The following data files are provided in this repository (format csv and txt) and at the CDS (format txt):

File csv	File txt	Content	Description
class_templates.csv	template.txt	Class templates	Mean and standard deviation of the VisNIR spectra and visual albedos for each class.
class_visnir.csv	classvni.txt	Classifications of the VisNIR sample.	Classes derived for the 2983 input observations used to derive the taxonomy.
class_vis.csv	classvis.txt	Classifications of the vis-only sample.	Classes derived for the 2923 input observations containing only visible spectra and albedos.
class_asteroid.csv	asteroid.txt	Class per asteroid	Aggregated classifications in VisNIR and vis-only samples with one class per asteroid.
ref_spectra.csv	refspect.txt	References of spectra	The key to the spectra references used in the classification tables.
ref_albedo.csv	refalbed.txt	References of albedos	The key to the albedo references used in the classification tables.

More information on each file can be found in the data/ReadMe.