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) --------------------------------------------------- N Year alpha delta N obs sat month day with decimals h m s deg ' '' ---------------------------------------------------