Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986a%26a...169..360f&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 169, no. 1-2, Nov. 1986, p. 360-366.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Models, Ephemerides, Galilean Satellites, Occultation, Eclipses, Planetary Orbits, Temporal Distribution
Scientific paper
Historic occultation data on Galilean satellites were evaluated for usefulness for determining the proper motions of the satellites in conjunction with current, higher accuracy data. The database covers 4411 observations from 1836-1972 and includes observations from 44 different sites. The time residuals were calculated by two techniques which considered the time when the center of the satellite is on the conical surface resting on the planet with the apex on the earth. Errors were the same order of magnitude as obtained with visual eclipse data. Thus, the historic occultation data can be used in the same way as the historic eclipse data.
Arlot Jean-Eudes
Fairhead Laurent
Thuillot William
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