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asteroid: 2001 QW322 (Northern component(b)
satellite; companion (Southern component (a)
total number: 47
type: position
dates: 2001-2007
observatory: 568 - Mauna Kea (CFHT, Gemini Observatory, Hawaii, USA)
I11 - Gemini South observatory, Cerro Pachon
309 - European Southern Observatory (ESO, Chile),
675 - Palomar Mountain
695 - Kitt Peak (WIYN Observatory).
696 - Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins (MMT observatory)
950 - La Palma (4.2-m William Herschel Telescope)
809 - La Silla Observatory
Reference
J.-M. Petit, J.J. Kavelaars, B.J. Gladman, J.L. Margot, P.D. Nicholson, R.L. Jones,
J.Wm. Parker, M.L.N. Ashby, A. Campo Bagatin, P. Benavidez, J. Coffey, P. Rousselot,
O. Mousis, P.A. Taylor.
The Extreme Kuiper Belt Binary 2001 QW322.
Science. 2008. V. 322. P. 432-434.
2008Sci...322..432P
Information
relative to: center of mass of the binary
reference frame: astrometric ICRF
centre of frame: topocenter
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: not available
coordinates: Sep, PA
receptor: CCD
telescopes: 1 - CFHT 3.6m
2 - Hale 5m telescope (Palomar obs.)
3 – VLT 8m (ESO)
4 – MPG/ESO 2.2m telescope
5 - Gemini-N 8m telescope
6 - Gemini-S 8m telescope
7 - WIYN 3.5m telescope
8 - WHT 4.2m (William Herschel Telescope)
9 - MMT 6,5m (Multiple Mirror Telescope)
Comments.
1. PA; origin is North, positive values to the East)
2. The position (RA and DEC) is given for the center of mass of the binary, assuming equal masses for the components.
3. The “delta(Sep)” column give the uncertainty estimate on the separation
4. The uncertainty on the position angle (not given here) is simply delta(Sep) divided by Sep, in radian.
Format
1. Year of the moment of observation
2. Month of the moment of observation
3. Day of the moment of observation with decimals
4. RA - right ascension (h m s) of the center of mass
5. DEC - declination (deg ' ") of the center of mass
6. Sep(arcsec) - separation
7. PA(deg) - position angle
8. delta(Sep) (arcsec) - the uncertainty estimate on the separation
9. Ntel - number of telescope
10. Code - Code of observatory
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Year Day RA DEC Sep PA delta(Sep) Ntel Code
Month h m s deg ' " arcsec deg arcsec
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