Contents.
planet: 8 - Neptune
satellites: N2-Nereid : 44
total number: 44
type: relative
dates: 1949-1969
observatory: 711 - McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis
Reference.
Van Biesbroeck G. (1951)
The orbit of Nereid, Neptune's second satellite.
Astronomical Journal. V. 56. P. 110-111.
1951AJ_____56__110V
Van Biesbroeck G. (1957)
The mass of Neptune from a new orbit of its second satellite Nereid.
Astronomical Journal. V. 62. P. 272-274.
1957AJ_____62__272V
Rose Lance E. (1974)
Orbit of Nereid and the mass of Neptune.
Astronomical Journal. V. 79. P. 489-490.
1974AJ_____79__489R
Informations.
relative to: relative
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: 1950.0
time scale: ET
reduction: no information
coordinates: X, Y
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: photographic
telescope: Reflector, D = 82 inch
observers: 1 - Kuiper
2 - Van Biesbroeck G.
3 - Page
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
1. The observations made in 1967-1969 are published
in Rose L. E. (1974) from Private communication (1970)
by Van Biesbroeck G.
2. Time scales for the same observations published by
Van Biesbroeck G. and Rose L. E. are different.
Format.
1. Number of satellite (N sat)
2. Year of the moment of observation
3. Month of the moment of observation
4. Day of the moment of observation with decimals,
scale ET as given in Rose L. E. (1974)
5. Day of the moment of observation with decimals,
scale UT corrected for the light-time of the planet
as given in Van Biesbroeck G. (1951) and Van Biesbroeck G. (1957),
but 0.0 for the observations in 1967-1969.
6. X, arcsec
7. Y, arcsec
8. N observer (1 - Kuiper, 2 - Van Biesbroeck G., 3 - Page)
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N Year ET UT
sat. month day day X Y
light-time
corrected arcsec arcsec Observer
with decimals
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