Contents.
planet: 5 - Jupiter
satellites: J3 - Ganymede : 16
J4 - Callisto : 13
total number: 29
type: absolute
dates: 1990-1993
observatory: 248 - Hipparcos
References.
[1] Hestroffer D., Morando B., Hog E., Kovalevsky J., Lindegren L., and Mignard F. (1998)
The Hipparcos Solar System Objects Catalogues.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 334. P. 325-336.
1998A%26A___334__325H
[2] The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Vol. 1: Introduction and Guide to the Data.
Informations.
relative to: absolute
reference frame: astrometric
center of frame: Hipparcos satellite
epoch of equinox: ICRS/J2000.0
time scale: TT
reduction: Hipparcos Catalogue
coordinates: absolute
diff. refraction:
receptor: photomultiplier tubes
telescope: Star Mapper System
observers: the data were analyzed by TDAC (Tycho Data Analysis Consortium)
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Format.
1. Satellite number, N (902 - Ganymede, 903 - Callisto)
2. Measurement epoch with respect to JD 2440000.0, epoch
3. Right ascension with decimals (alpha, deg)
4. Declination with decimals (delta, deg)
5. Magnitude B in the Tycho system, MagB (99.99 if not available)
6. Magnitude V in the Tycho system, MagV (99.99 if not available)
7. Standard error in right ascension, siga (mas)
8. Standard error in declination, sigd (mas)
9. Correlation coefficient between siga and sigd, ro
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N epoch alpha delta MagB MagV siga sigd ro
deg deg mas mas
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