J/A+A/553/A14      Pluto's observations between 1997 and 2010 (Beauvalet+, 2013)

A new model and ephemeris for Pluto's system : ODIN. Beauvalet L., Robert V., Lainey V., Arlot J.-E., Colas F. <Astron. Astrophys. 553, A14 (2013)> =2013A&A...553A..14B 2013A&A...553A..14B
ADC_Keywords: Minor planets ; Positional data Keywords: celestial mechanics - ephemerides - planets and satellites: fundamental parameters - Kuiper belt: general - planets and satellites: individual: Pluto - methods: numerical - Abstract: Because of Pluto's distance from the Sun, the Pluto system has not yet completed a revolution since its discovery, hence an uncertain heliocentric distance. In this paper, we present the fitting of our dynamical model ODIN (Orbite, Dynamique et Integration Numerique) to observations. The small satellites P4 and P5 are not taken into account. We fitted our model to the measured absolute coordinates (RA, DEC) of Pluto, and to the measured positions of the satellites relative to Pluto. Description: Astrometric data from Pluto's observations at Observatoire de Haute-Provence between 1997 and 2010. Topocentric observations obtained with the 120cm telescope (f=7.2m). The field of view is 11.8'x11.8' and the camera resolution is 0.69 arcsec/pixel. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file plutoohp.dat 43 242 Astrometric data of Pluto observed at Haute-Provence Observatory (tablea2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/A+AS/118/105 : Pluto 1991-1994 observations (Ryl'kov+, 1996) J/A+A/383/1054 : Astrometry of Pluto and Saturn in 1995-2001 (Rapaport+, 2002) J/A+A/486/613 : Observation of Pluto (Veiga+, 2008) J/A+A/515/A32 : Pluto, Charon, Nix, Hydra occultations 2008-15 (Assafin+ 2010) Byte-by-byte Description of file: plutoohp.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 4 I4 yr Obs.Y Year of observation (UTC) 5 A1 --- --- [/] 6- 7 I2 --- Obs.M Month of observation (UTC) 8 A1 --- --- [/] 9- 16 F8.5 d Obs.D Day and fraction of day of observation (UTC) 19- 20 I2 h RAh Right ascension J2000.0 (hours) 22- 23 I2 min RAm Right ascension J2000.0 (minutes) 25- 30 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension J2000.0 (seconds) 32 A1 --- DE- Declination J2000.0 (sign) 33- 34 I2 deg DEd Declination J2000.0 (degrees) 36- 37 I2 arcmin DEm Declination J2000.0 (minutes) 39- 43 F5.2 arcsec DEs Declination J2000.0 (seconds) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements: Laurene Beauvalet, beauvalet(at)imcce.fr References: Robert et al., 2011MNRAS.415..701R 2011MNRAS.415..701R, A new astrometric reduction of photographic plates using the DAMIAN digitizer: improving the dynamics of the Jovian system
(End) Laurene Beauvalet [IMCCE], Patricia Vannier [CDS] 14-Feb-2013
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