Assessment of the resonant perturbation errors in Galilean satellite ephemerides using precisely measured eclipse times

Details Assessment of the resonant perturbation errors in Galilean satellite ephemerides using precisely measured eclipse times Assessment of the resonant perturbation errors in Galilean satellite ephemerides using precisely measured eclipse times

Nov 2010

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Icarus, Volume 210, Issue 1, p. 346-357.

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Astrometric satellite positions are derived from timings of their eclipses in the shadow of Jupiter. The 548 data points span 20 years and are accurate to about 0.006 arcsec for Io and Europa and about 0.015 arcsec or better for Ganymede and Callisto. The precision of the data set and its nearly continuous distribution in time allows measurement of regular oscillations with an accuracy of 0.001 arcsec. This level of sensitivity permits detailed evaluation of modern ephemerides and reveals anomalies at the 1.3 year period of the resonant perturbations between Io, Europa and Ganymede. The E5 ephemeris shows large errors at that period for all three satellites as well as other significant anomalies. The L1 ephemeris fits the observations much more closely than E5 but discrepancies for the resonant satellites are still apparent and the measured positions of Io are drifting away from the predictions. The JUP230 ephemeris fits the observations more accurately than L1 although there is still a measurable discordance between the predictions and observations for Europa at the resonance period.

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