Contents. planet: 8 - Neptune satellites: 201 - S/2002 N 1 :6 total number: 6 type: absolute dates: 1999, 2003 observatory: 304 - Las Campanas Observatory 568 - Mauna Kea Reference. MPC Communication 8 Dec 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: 304 - 6.5-m Clay reflector 568 - 8.2-m Subaru reflector, Gemini 8.2-m reflector, 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii telescope observers: 304 - M. Holman. Measurer M. Holman 568 - S. S. Sheppard, D. C. Jewitt, B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, J.-M. Petit, M. Holman. Measurers S. S. Sheppard, B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars. data included in standard data file: no Comments. No comments Format. 1. Number of satellite (see above) 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. Number of observatory, telescope, observer, N obs (see above) ------------------------------------------------------ N Year alpha delta sat month day with N decimals h m s deg ' '' obs ------------------------------------------------------