Contents.
planet: 9 - Pluto
satellites: 1 - P1 Charon : 1
total number: 1
type: relative
dates: 2008
observatory: 181 - Observatoire des Makes, Saint-Louis
Reference.
Sicardy, B. et al. (2011)
Constraints on Charon’s Orbital Elements from the Double Stellar Occultation of 2008 June 22.
The Astronomical Journal. V. 141 (2). Id 67 (16 pp.).
2011AJ____141___67S
Informations.
relative to: Pluto
reference frame: astrometric
centre of frame: topocentre
epoch of equinox: J2000
time scale: UT
reduction: no information
coordinates: differential X, Y relative to Pluto
diff. refraction: no information
receptor: CCD
telescope: 35 cm telescope
observers: J. P. Teng, F. Benard
data included in standard data file: no
Comments.
Coordinates of Charon relative to Pluto were obtained from occultation by Charon of the UCAC2 star 25370733.
Format.
1. Year of the date of observation
2. Month of the date of observation
3. Day of the date of observation
4. Hour of the date of observation
5. Minutes of the date of observation
6. Seconds of the date of observation with decimals
6. differential X-coordinate (X, arcsec)
7. differential Y-coordinate (Y, arcsec)
8. Error for the X-coordinate (sigX, arcsec)
9. Error for the Y-coordinate (sigY, arcsec)
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Year Day Min X Y sigX sigY
Month Hour Sec arcsec arcsec arcsec arcsec
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