Contents.
planet: 5 - Jupiter
satellites: J6 - Himalia : 12,
J7 - Elara : 32,
J8 - Pasiphae : 33,
J9 - Sinope : 9,
J10 - Lysithea : 12,
J11 - Carme : 3,
J12 - Ananke : 16,
J13 - Leda : 3
total number: 120
type: absolute
dates: 2003-2003
observatory: 291 - LPL/Spacewatch II
568 - Mauna Kea
608 - Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS (Haleakala-AMOS)
644 - Palomar Mountain/NEAT
699 - Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
704 - Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
Reference.
MPC Communication 20 Mar 2003
Informations.
relative to: absolute
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: absolute
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: CCD
telescope: 291 - 1.8-m f/2.7 reflector
568 - 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii telescope,
Subaru 8.3-m telescope
608 - 1.2-m reflector
644 - 1.2-m Schmidt
699 - 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
704 - 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector
observers: 291 - M. Block, J. V. Scotti
568 - J. Kavelaars, S. S. Sheppard, D. C. Jewitt,
J. Kleyna. Measurers M. Holman, S. S. Sheppard
608 - R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
K. Lawrence, P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda
644 - R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten
699 - B. A. Skiff
704 - M. Blythe, F. Shelly, M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso,
S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers, S. Partridge
Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
no comments
Format.
1. Number of satellite (N sat): 6 - J6, 7 - J7,... 13 - J13
2. Year of the moment of observation
3. Month of the moment of observation
4. Day of the moment of observation with decimals
5. Hour of right ascension (alpha, h)
6. Minute of right ascension (alpha, m)
7. Second of right ascension (alpha, s)
8. Degree of declination (delta, deg)
9. Minute of declination (delta, ' )
10. Second of declination (delta, '' )
11. Code of observatory, telescope, observers (N obs)
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N Year alpha delta N obs
sat month day with
decimals h m s deg ' ''
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