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asteroid: 2003 QY90
satellites: companion
total number: 5
type: position
dates: 2003-2005
observatory: 304 - Las Campanas Observatory, Chile
Reference.
S.D. Kern, J.L. Elliot.
Discovery and characteristics of the Kuiper belt binary 2003QY90.
Icarus. 2006. V. 183. P. 179–185.
2006Icar..183..179K
Informations.
relative to: the primary
reference frame: astrometric ICRF
centre of frame: topocentric
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: p - position angle, s - separation of the identified “secondary” component
diff. refraction: no information
receptor:
telescope: Magellan telescopes, the Clay 6.5-m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory
Comments.
Format
1. Year of the moment of observation
2. Month of the moment of observation
3. Day of the moment of observation
4. JD- mid-time of the observations in JD with decimals
5. p - position angle (measured from north through east), degree
6. Sig p - coordinate errors p, degree
7. s - separation of the identified “secondary” component, arcsec
8. Sig s - coordinate errors s
9. dm - the delta magnitude between components
10. Sig dm - magnitude errors dm
11. mP — apparent magnitude of the identified “primary” component
12. Sig mP - magnitude errors mP
13. mS — apparent magnitude of the identified “secondary” component
14. Sig mS - magnitude errors mS
15. mC — apparent magnitude of the combined light of the binary components
16. Sig mC - magnitude errors mC
17. R- observational parameters of geocentric distance,
18. r- heliocentric distance, and
19. al- phase angle
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Year Day JD p sig p s sig s dm sig dm mP Sig mP mS Sig mS mC Sig mC R r al
Month deg arcsec au au deg
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