Contents.
planet: 9 - Pluto
satellites: 1 - P1 Charon : 108
satellites: 2 - P2 Nix : 4
satellites: 3 - P3 Hydra : 4
satellites: 4 - P4 Kerberos : 4
total number: 120
type: relative
dates: 2006-1012
observatory: 250 - HST
Reference.
Brozovic M., Showalter M. R.. Jacobson R. A., Buie M, W. (2015)
The orbits and masses of satellites of Pluto.
Icarus. 2015. V. 246. P. 317-329.
Supplement Material.
2015Icar__246__317B
Informations.
relative to: Pluto
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: ICRF
time scale: UTC
reduction: no information
coordinates: X, Y relative to Pluto
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: HTS camera
telescope: HST
observers: HST Team
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Note that 47 relative observations of Charon
found in (Brozovic et al., 2015, Supplement Material)
are excluded being presented in the previous portions.
Format.
1. Year of the date of observation
2. Month of the date of observation
3. Day of the date of observation
4. Hour (h) of the date of observation
5. Minute (m( of the date of observation
6. Seconds (s) of the date of observation with decimals (UTC)
7. Number of the satellite (N sat)
8. X, arcsec
9. error of X, arcsec
10. Y, arcsec
11. error of Y, arcsec
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Year Day m N X sigma X Y sigma Y
Month h s sat arcsec arcsec arcsec arcsec
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