Contents.
planet: 5 - Jupiter
satellites: J6 - Himalia : 18,
J7 - Elara : 11,
J8 - Pasiphae : 14,
J9 - Sinope : 9,
J10 - Lysithea : 7,
J11 - Carme : 5
total number: 64
type: absolute
dates: 1998-1998, 2002-2002
observatory: 304 - Las Campanas Observatory
699 - Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
704 - Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
Reference.
MPC Communication 04 Mar 2002
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: 304 - 6.5-m reflector
699 - 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
704 - 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector
observers: 304 - M. Holman, T. Grav
699 - B. A. Skiff. Measurers B. W. Koehn, W. S. Kelly
704 - M. Blythe, F. Shelly, M. Bezpalko, R. Huber,
L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.
Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Magnitudes
J6 : 14.4 - 18.3
J7 : 17.2 - 18.7
J8 : 16.9 - 18.6
J9 : 18.2 - 19.3
J10: 17.5 - 19.6
J11: 17.8 - 18.7
Format.
1. Number of satellite (N sat): 6 - J6, 7 - J7,... 11 - J11
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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