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J/A+AS/130/77       Astrometry of Satellites of Uranus (Jones+ 1998)
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Astrometry of Satellites I to V of Uranus
       Jones D.H.P., Taylor D.B., Williams I.P.
      <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 130, 77 (1998)>
      =1998A&AS..130...77J      (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Planets ; Positional data
Keywords: Planets and satellites: satellites of Uranus - astrometry

Description:
    Table7 contains standard Co-ordinates (J2000.0) in arcseconds relative
    to the reference satellite. The numbers of the satellites 1-5
    correspond to the conventional designation of the satellites I-V.

File Summary:
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  FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80        .   This file
table7.dat      85      139   Differential Positions of Satellites I to V of
                              Uranus
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label Explanations
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   1- 11  F11.5 d       MJD   Modified Julian Date (Topocentric UTC, JD-2400000)
      13  I1    ---     NO    [3/5] Number of Satellites Observed
      15  I1    ---     NR    [2/4] Number of Reference Satellite
  18- 21  F4.2  arcsec  SG    Seeing (FWHM)
      23  I1    ---     NS1   [1] Number of first satellite measured
  25- 30  F6.2  arcsec  Xi1   Xi of first satellite J2000.0
  32- 37  F6.2  arcsec  Eta1  Eta of first satellite J2000.0
      39  I1    ---     NS2   [2/5]? Number of second satellite measured
  41- 46  F6.2  arcsec  Xi2   ? Xi of second satellite J2000.0
  48- 53  F6.2  arcsec  Eta2  ? Eta of second satellite J2000.0
      55  I1    ---     NS3   [3/5]? Number of third satellite measured
  57- 62  F6.2  arcsec  Xi3   ? Xi of third satellite J2000.0
  64- 69  F6.2  arcsec  Eta3  ? Eta of third satellite J2000.0
      71  I1    ---     NS4   [5]? Number of fourth satellite measured
  73- 78  F6.2  arcsec  Xi4   ? Xi of fourth satellite J2000.0
  80- 85  F6.2  arcsec  Eta4  ? Eta of fourth satellite J2000.0
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Acknowledgements: Derek Jones <dhpj@ast.cam.ac.uk>
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(End)                                        Patricia Bauer  [CDS]   26-Nov-1997

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