OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = JULIAN_DAY
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 1
   BYTES          = 13
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 1
   FORMAT         = "F13.5"
   DESCRIPTION    = "UTC time at *midpoint* of data collection given in 
   Julian day."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = UTC_TIME
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 2
   BYTES          = 19
   DATA_TYPE      = CHARACTER
   START_BYTE     = 15
   DESCRIPTION    = "UTC time at *midpoint* of data collection.
   Format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS"
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = MET
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 3
   BYTES          = 12
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_INTEGER
   START_BYTE     = 35
   DESCRIPTION    = "Time tag in seconds at the start of the associated
   reporting/accumulation period."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = ORBIT_NUMBER
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 4
   BYTES          = 4
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_INTEGER
   START_BYTE     = 48
   DESCRIPTION    = "Unique identifier for a given orbit of MESSENGER around 
   Mercury. Orbit number is defined as starting at apoherm and is calculated 
   using the MET value and the appropriate SPICE kernels 
   (see GEOMETRY/geominfo.txt). Orbit numbering does not start until 
   MESSENGER performs the Mercury orbit insertion. Until that time the value 
   for orbit number is 0."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = ACTUAL_ACCUM
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 5
   BYTES          = 4
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_INTEGER
   START_BYTE     = 53
   DESCRIPTION    = "Actual accumulation period in seconds for software 
   counters and energy histograms."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = SENSOR_TEMP
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 6
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 58
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "NS sensor temperature in units of degree C."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = ALTITUDE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 7
   BYTES          = 10
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 66
   FORMAT         = "F10.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Spacecraft altitude above the subsatellite point on the 
   target in units of km."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LATITUDE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 8
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 77
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Target-centric latitude of the spacecraft subsatellite 
   point in degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LONGITUDE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 9
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 85
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Target-centric longitude of the spacecraft subsatellite 
   point in degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LOCAL_TIME
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 10
   BYTES          = 10
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 94
   FORMAT         = "F10.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Local time of the spacecraft subsatellite point in 
   hours from 0 to 24."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = VELOCITY_VECTOR
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 11
   BYTES          = 26
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 105
   ITEMS          = 3
   ITEM_BYTES     = 8
   ITEM_OFFSET    = 9
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Three element spacecraft velocity vector expressed in 
   the nadir-fixed coordinate system with each component in units of 
   km/second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = VEL_NORM
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 12
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 132
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Magnitude of the spacecraft velocity as expressed in 
   the nadir-fixed coordinate system in units of km/second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = SC_TO_NADIR_ROT
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 13
   BYTES          = 80
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 141
   ITEMS          = 9
   ITEM_BYTES     = 8
   ITEM_OFFSET    = 9
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Nine element rotation matrix that converts the 
   spacecraft attitude from instrument-fixed coordinates to nadir-fixed 
   coordinates."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = VDOT_X
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 14
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 222
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Velocity normalized dot product of the vector velocity 
   and the spacecraft x-axis unit vector expressed as a unitless number from 
   -1 to 1."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = VDOT_Y
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 15
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 231
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Velocity normalized dot product of the vector velocity 
   and the spacecraft y-axis unit vector expressed as a unitless number from 
   -1 to 1."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = VDOT_Z
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 16
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 240
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Velocity normalized dot product of the vector velocity 
   and the spacecraft z-axis unit vector expressed as a unitless number from 
   -1 to 1."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = NADIR_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 17
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 249
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Spacecraft orientation angle of the spacecraft z-axis 
   and the spacecraft-to-planet center vector in units of degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = YAXIS_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 18
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 258
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Spacecraft orientation angle of the spacecraft y-axis 
   and the spacecraft-to-planet center vector in units of degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = XAXIS_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 19
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 267
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"   
   DESCRIPTION    = "Spacecraft orientation angle of the spacecraft x-axis 
   and the spacecraft-to-planet center vector in units of degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = THETA_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 20
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 276
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Polar angle look direction (in a theta,phi spherical 
   geometry) of the spacecraft in the spacecraft-fixed coordinate system.  
   THETA_ANGLE = 0 degrees is when the spacecraft z-axis points in the same
   direction as the spacecraft-to-planet center vector (nadir pointing)."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = PHI_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 21
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 285
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Azimuthal angle look direction (in a theta,phi spherical
   geometry) of the spacecraft in the spacecraft-fixed coordinate system.
   PHI_ANGLE = 0 degrees is when the spacecraft x-axis points along the 
   direction of travel."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = BETA_ANGLE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 22
   BYTES          = 8
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 294
   FORMAT         = "F8.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Angle of the normal of the spacecraft orbital plane 
   with respect to Mercury-to-Sun vector in degrees."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = SUN_DISTANCE
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 23
   BYTES          = 12
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 303
   FORMAT         = "F12.3"
   DESCRIPTION   = "Distance of the spacecraft to the Sun in units of km."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LG1_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 24
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 316
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net neutron count rate from the LG1 sensor in units of 
   counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LG1_ERR_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 25
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 324
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net uncertainty (error) in the the LG1 count rate in 
   units of counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LG2_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 26
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 332
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net neutron count rate from the LG2 sensor in units of 
   counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = LG2_ERR_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 27
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 340
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net uncertainty (error) in the the LG2 count rate in 
   units of counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = BP_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 28
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 348
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net neutron count rate from the BP sensor in units of 
   counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN

OBJECT        = COLUMN
   NAME           = BP_ERR_CPS
   COLUMN_NUMBER  = 29
   BYTES          = 7
   DATA_TYPE      = ASCII_REAL
   START_BYTE     = 356
   FORMAT         = "F7.3"
   DESCRIPTION    = "Net uncertainty (error) in the the BP count rate in 
   units of counts per second."
END_OBJECT    = COLUMN