Contents.
planet: 8 - Neptune
satellites: N03 - Naiad : 16,
N14 - Hippocamp : 20
total number: 36
type: relative
dates: 2004-2016
observatory: Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Reference.
Showalter, M. R.; de Pater, I.; Lissauer, J. J.; French, R. S.
The seventh inner moon of Neptune.
Nature, Vol. 566, pp. 350–353 (2019).
2019Natur_566__350S
Informations.
relative to: Neptune
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: differential (Delta alpha, Delta delta)
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: CCD
telescope: Advanced Camera for Surveys with High Resolution Channel (2004–2005),
Wide Field Channel 3 with Ultraviolet/Visual Imager (2009, 2016)
observers: M. R. Showalter, I. de Pater, J. J. Lissauer, R. S. French
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Observations of N14 (Hippocamp) in 2004–2009 seem to be new reduction of the observations available in ni0004.
Format.
1. Index of satellite (N): 03 - Naiad, 14 - Hippocamp
2. Year of the date of observation
3. Month of the date of observation
4. Day of the date of observation
5. Hour of the date of observation
6. Minute of the date of observation
7. Seconds of the date of observation
8. X position on the CCD image with decimals (X)
9. Uncertainty of the X position (sig_X)
10. Y position on the CCD image with decimals (Y)
11. Uncertainty of the Y position (sig_Y)
12. Delta alpha with decimals (delta_a, arcsec)
13. Uncertainty of Delta alpha (sig_a, arcsec)
14. Delta delta with decimals (delta_d, arcsec)
13. Uncertainty of Delta delta (sig_d, arcsec)
14. Disk-integrated photometry (D, km^2)
15. Uncertainty of Disk-integrated photometry (sig_D, km^2)
16. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
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N Year Day X sig_X Y sig_Y delta_a sig_a delta_d sig_d D sig_D SNR
Month h m s arcsec arcsec arcsec arcsec km^2 km^2
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