Authors: Harper D., Murray C. D., Beurle K., Williams I. P., Jones D. H. P., Taylor D. B., and Greaves S. C.
Year: 1997
Title: CCD astrometry of Saturn's satellites 1990-1994
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
Volume: 121
Pages: 65-69
Keywords: Saturn, major, observation, data, analysis, CCD, position
Abstract: In this paper, we publish 1206 measurements of positions of the major satellites of Saturn made in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994 using CCD detectors attached to the 1-metre Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope on the island of La Palma. Analysis of the data as inter-satellite positions shows that the observations of Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Titan have root-mean-square residuals of 0.08", corresponding to 500 km at the distance of Saturn. Tables 6--9 are only available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp 130.79.128.5
%F: AA(Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK), AE(Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK), AF(Royal Greenwich Observatory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, UK), AG(Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK)
Bibliogaphic Code: 1997A%26AS..121...65H
Return to previous page