Techniques d'observation spectroscopique d'astéroïdes

82 CHAPTER 5. M4AST - MODELING OF ASTEROIDS SPECTRA
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Figure 5.4: M4AST web application tool : modelling tool interface
5.2.2 Modeling tool interface
The second component of the M4AST project is the set of applications for modeling and analyzing
the spectra from the database or any spectrum submitted by the user. The use of the
modeling tool interface (Fig. 5.4) is based on the name of the file containing the spectral data.
The following applications are currently available in this interface:
Plot spectrum - plot the reflectance as a function of wavelength. Additional information related
to the selected spectrum (the observing log) are also given.
Taxonomy - classify the spectrum according to different taxonomies. Taxonomic systems
that can be selected are Bus-DeMeo [DeMeo et al., 2009], G13 [Birlan et al., 1996a],
and G9 [Fulchignoni et al., 2000]. The methods behind these classifications are outlined
in chapter 4. The results of this application consist in the first three classes that match
the asteroid spectrum, together with some matching quantitative values (coefficients). In
addition, the asteroid spectrum is plotted together with standard spectra corresponding to
the best matches.
Search matching with spectra from the Relab database - performs spectral comparison with
spectra from Relab database. In general, only the meteorite spectra are of interest, thus an