Contents.
planet: 4 - Mars
satellites: M1 - Phobos: 254,
M2 - Deimos: 148
total number: 402
type: absolute
dates: 1971-1989
observatory: 1 - Mariner 9: 82,
2 - Viking 1: 163,
3 - Viking 2: 112,
5 - Phobos 2: 45
Reference.
Duxbury T.C., Callahan J.D. (1988)
Phobos and Deimos astrometric observations from Viking.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. V. 201. N. 1. P. 169-176.
1988A&A___201__169D
Duxbury T.C., Callahan J.D. (1989)
Phobos and Deimos astrometric observations from Mariner 9.
Astronomy and Astrophysics.
V. 216. N. 1-2. P. 284-293.
1989A&A___216__284D
Kolyuka Yu., Tikhonov V., Ivanov N., Polyakov V., Avanesov G.,
Heifetz V., Zhukov B., Akim E., Stepanyants V., Papkov O.,
Duxbury T. (1991)
Phobos and Deimos astrometric observations from the Phobos mission.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. V. 244. N. 1. P. 236-241.
1991A&A___244__236K
Informations.
relative to: absolute
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: Orbiter
epoch of equinox: B1950.0
time scale: ET
reduction: no information
coordinates: absolute
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: space-based
telescope: no information
observers: no information
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
The random noise was recalculated by Morley T.A. with his method
published in
Morley T.A. Orbital Mechanics and Mission Design.
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences.
V. 69. Edited by J. Teles. P. 469-484.
Format.
1. Number of spacecraft: 1 - Mariner 9, 2 - Viking 1,
3 - Viking 2, 5 - Phobos 2 (N obs).
2. Year of the moment of observation
3. Month of the moment of observation
4. Day of the moment of observation with decimals
5. Mars centered X coordinate of the Orbiter in B1950.0
geoequatorial frame, km
6. Mars centered Y coordinate of the Orbiter in B1950.0
geoequatorial frame, km
7. Mars centered Z coordinate of the Orbiter in B1950.0
geoequatorial frame, km
8. Number of satellite (N sat): 1 - Phobos, 2 - Deimos.
9. Right ascension of satellite in 1950.0
geoequatorial frame, degrees (alpha)
10. Declination of satellite in 1950.0
geoequatorial frame, degrees (delta)
11. The random noise associated with the observation set
which is circular around the unit vector defined by
alpha, delta with no correlation between them
and having units of deg (1 sigma)
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N Year UTC X Y Z N alpha delta noise
obs month day with of spacecraft sat
decimals km km km deg deg deg
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