RotationalParameters

Table Documentation

The below table is built directly from the schema and is included here from the astrodb-template-db documentation: source.

RotationalParameters

Rotational parameters for sources

Columns marked with an exclamation mark (❗️) may not be empty.

Column Name	Description	Datatype	Length	Units	UCD
❗️ source	Main identifier for an object; links to Sources table	string	50		meta.id;meta.main
period_hr	Rotational period in hours	double		hr	time.period
period_error	Uncertainty of the rotational period	double		hr	stat.error;time.period
period_error_upper	Upper uncertainty of the rotational period	double		hr	stat.error;time.period
period_error_lower	Lower uncertainty of the rotational period	double		hr	stat.error;time.period
v_sin_i_kms	Projected rotational velocity in km/s	double		km/s	phys.veloc.rotat
v_sin_i_error	Uncertainty of the projected rotational velocity	double		km/s	stat.error;phys.veloc.rotat
v_sin_i_error_upper	Upper uncertainty of the projected rotational velocity	double		km/s	stat.error;phys.veloc.rotat
v_sin_i_error_lower	Lower uncertainty of the projected rotational velocity	double		km/s	stat.error;phys.veloc.rotat
inclination	Inclination of the rotation axis in degrees	double		deg	src.orbital.inclination
inclination_error	Uncertainty of the inclination	double		deg	stat.error;src.orbital.inclination
inclination_error_upper	Upper uncertainty of the inclination	double		deg	stat.error;src.orbital.inclination
inclination_error_lower	Lower uncertainty of the inclination	double		deg	stat.error;src.orbital.inclination
adopted	Flag to indicate if this is the adopted entry	boolean			meta.code
comments	Free-form comments for this entry	string	100		meta.note
❗️ reference	Publication reference; links to Publications table	string	30		meta.ref

Indexes

Name	Columns	Description
PK_RotationalParameters	[‘#RotationalParameters.source’, ‘#RotationalParameters.reference’]	Primary key for RotationalParameters table

Foreign Keys

Description	Columns	Referenced Columns
Link RotationalParameters source to Sources table	[‘#RotationalParameters.source’]	[‘#Sources.source’]
Link RotationalParameters reference to Publications table	[‘#RotationalParameters.reference’]	[‘#Publications.reference’]