Natural Satellites Service. Special ephemerides
Apparent Encounters
of the Outermost Satellites of Jupiter
by M.Varfolomeev, N.Emelyanov
Topics
- We present the precalculated circumstances of the apparent
encounters of the outermost satellites of Jupiter for the
years 2005 through 2010.
- The higher
accuracy of observations is reached at the periods of apparent
encounters of satellites when two satellites fall within the
same CCD frame.
- To obtain the difference in coordinates of
satellites we do not need data from stellar catalogs. In
addition, inaccuracies existing in planetary theories do not
significantly influence the process of refinement of orbital
parameters made on the basis of such observations.
- For the outermost planetary satellites the apparent
encounters are very rare, and
the periods of apparent encounters are short.
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We present the precalculated circumstances of the apparent
encounters of the following satellites of Jupiter:
J6-J13,J17-J20,J23,J24,J27
for the years 2005 through 2010.
See:
Article to this subject
Explications to the ephemerides tables
Ephemerides:
table3.dat
table4.dat
table5.dat
table6.dat
table7.dat
table8.dat
Acknowledgements:
This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic
Research, project no. 03-02-17441.
Celestial mechanics department / Sternberg Astronomical Institute /
Moscow University
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