Contents.
planet: 5 - Jupiter
satellites: J6 - Himalia : 17,
J7 - Elara : 28,
J8 - Pasiphae : 38,
J9 - Sinope : 27,
J10 - Lysithea : 14,
J11 - Carme : 21,
J12 - Ananke : 37,
J13 - Leda : 8
total number: 190
type: absolute
dates: 1994-1995
observatory: 711 - McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis
Reference.
Whipple Arthur L., Shelus Peter J., Whited Randy W.,
Cochran Anita L., Macqueen Phillip J., and Benedict George F., (1996)
Astrometric Observations of the Faint Outer Satellites of Jupiter
During the 1994 and 1995 Oppositions.
Astronomical Journal. V. 112. P. 316.
1996AJ____112__316W
Informations.
relative to: absolute
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: Catalogues: GSC for the CCD, ACRS for photographic
coordinates: absolute
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: photographic, CCD
telescope: Otto Struve reflector, D = 2.1 m, with photographic.
Reflector, D = 0.76 m, with CCD.
observers: Cochran A. L., Eakins L., MacQueen P.J., Shelus P. J.,
Shelus J. A., Whipple A.L., Whited R.
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Uncertainties are formal standard deviations from the solution
in the two coordinates, computed as the quadratic sum of the
formal standard deviations for the plate solutions
(one for the CCD data and two for the plates).
Format.
1. Number of satellite (N sat): 6 - J6, 7 - J7, 8 - J8, 9 - J9,
10 - J10, 11 - J11, 12 - J12, 13 - J13.
2. Julian date (UTC) of observation with decimals
3. Hour of right ascension (alpha, h)
4. Minute of right ascension (alpha, m)
5. Second of right ascension (alpha, s)
6. Degree of declination (delta, deg)
7. Minute of declination (delta, ' )
8. Second of declination (delta, '' )
9. Unsertainty in alpha, arcsec
10. Unsertainty in delta, arcsec
11. Type of receiver: 1 - photographic, 2 - CCD.
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alpha delta Unsertainties Type
N JD (UTC) alpha delta of
sat with decimals h m s deg ' '' arcsec arcsec receiver
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