J/A+A/383/1054 Astrometry of Pluto and Saturn in 1995-2001 (Rapaport+, 2002)
Astrometry of Pluto and Saturn with the CCD meridian instruments of
Bordeaux and Valinhos
Rapaport M., Teixeira R., Le Campion J.F., Ducourant C., Camargo J.I.B.,
Benevides-Soares P.
<Astron. Astrophys. 383, 1054 (2002)>
=2002A&A...383.1054R 2002A&A...383.1054R
ADC_Keywords: Planets ; Ephemerides ; Positional data
Keywords: astrometry - ephemerides - planets and satellites : general
Description:
In this work, we publish astrometric positions of Pluto and satellites
of Saturn obtained with the Bordeaux and Valinhos CCD meridian
circles. These observations are used to test the DE403 and DE405
ephemerides.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 54 235 Meridian observations of Dione (4), Rhea(5),
Titan(6), Hyperion(7), Iapetus(8) and Pluto(9)
acquired at the Bordeaux(B) and Valinhos(V)
CCD meridian circles during the period 1995-2001.
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See also:
VI/81 : Planetary Solutions VSOP87 (Bretagnon+, 1988)
VI/87 : Planetary Ephemerides (Chapront+ 1996)
VI/88 : Ephemerides of Pluto (PLUTO95) (Chapront+ 1995)
J/A+AS/118/105 : Pluto 1991-1994 observations (Ryl'kov+, 1996)
J/A+AS/121/65 : 1990-1994 Saturn's satellites astrometry (Harper+ 1997)
J/A+AS/136/257 : Saturn's satellites in 1995/97 (Harper+ 1999)
J/A+AS/139/305 : Position of Saturn's satellites (1982-88) (Veiga+, 1999)
J/other/KFNT/15.483 : Positions of Thebe and Amalthea (Ledovskaya+ 1999)
J/A+A/380/727 : 1995 Saturnian satellite observations (Vienne+, 2001)
J/A+A/391/767 : CCD obs. of Phoebe in 1998-1999 (Fienga+, 2002)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 3 I3 --- Object [4-9] Object number (1)
9- 10 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
12- 13 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
15- 20 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
23 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
24- 25 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
27- 28 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
30- 34 F5.2 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
37- 49 F13.5 d JD UTC Julian date UTC
54 A1 --- Origin [BV] Origin of observations (2)
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Note (1): Object numbers:
4: Dione
5: Rhea
6: Titan
7: Hyperion
8: Iapetus
9: Pluto
Note (2): Origin of observations:
B: Bordeaux Observatory
V: Valinhos Observatory
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Acknowledgements: Christine Ducourant
(End) Michel Rapaport [Observatoire de Bordeaux] 12-Dec-2001