Contents.
planet: 6-Saturn
satellites: S2-Enceladus: 37
S3-Tethys : 100
S4-Dione : 120
S5-Rhea : 134
S6-Titan : 155
S7-Hyperion : 78
S8-Iapetus : 152
total number: 776
type: relative
dates: 1970-1972
observatory: 388 - Tokyo-Mitaka
Reference.
Hatanaka Y. (1995)
Photographic Observations and Improvements of the Orbital Elements
of Seven Saturnian Satellites. I. Reduction Method and Results
of Observations during the 1970 and 1971 Oppositions.
Publications of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
V. 4. N. 2. P. 23-66.
1995PNAOJ___4___23H
Informations.
relative to: planet
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: Mean equator at the nearest beginning of a year
time scale: ET
reduction: no information
coordinates: X, Y
diff. refraction: removed
receptor: photographic
telescope: Refractor, D = 65 cm, F = 10 m
observers: Hatanaka Y.
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Format.
1. Exposure number (N exp)
2. Satellite number (N sat): 2 - S2-Enceladus, 3 - S3-Tethys, ...
3. Year of the moment of observation
4. Month of the moment of observation
5. Day of the moment of observation with decimals
6. X=Delta(alpha)*cos(delta), arcsec
7. Y=Delta(delta), arcsec
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N N Year
exp sat month day
with decimals X Y
ET arcsec arcsec
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