=============================================================================== File: 2000-12_S9_S2000S2_4-10_mpc.data.txt ========================================== Contents: - 115 observations of absolute positions of the satellites of Saturn made on 1 opposition from August to December, 2000. (right ascensions and declinations coordinates in mean equatorial topocentric 2000.0 reference frame). - 22 observations of the sat. of Saturn S-9 Phoebe made from 2000 Nov. 11 to Dec. 6 - 8 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S2 made from 2000 Nov. 9 to Nov. 24 - 3 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S4 made on 2000 Nov. 27 - 19 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S5 made from 2000 Aug. 7 to Nov. 28 - 17 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S6 made from 2000 Sept.23 to Nov. 24 - 10 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S7 made from 2000 Sept.23 to Nov. 27 - 10 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S8 made from 2000 Sept.23 to Nov. 27 - 14 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S9 made from 2000 Sept.23 to Nov. 27 - 12 observations of the sat. of Saturn S/2000 S10 made from 2000 Sept.23 to Nov. 27 Reference: These observations are described on the following MPC Circular and were made at the following sites by the following observers: 309 Cerro Paranal. 8.1-m ESO VLT + CCD. UT1 Science Team. Measured by B. Gladman. 568 Mauna Kea. 3.6 Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD and 2.2-m University of Hawaii reflector + CCD. Observers B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, S. S. Sheppard, D. C. Jewitt, Y. R. Fernandez and E. A. Magnier. 675 Palomar. 1.2-m Schmidt and 5-m Hale-reflector + CCD. Observers C. T. Kowal, P. Nicholson and J. Kavelaars. 1975 observations precessed from IAUC 2899. 691 Spacewatch. 0.9-m Spacewatch telescope. Observers J. A. Larsen and R. S. McMillan. 695 Kitt Peak.~~2.3-m~reflector~+~CCD.~~Observers~E. Roemer, ~C.~W. Hergenrother, R. Whiteley and D. Means. 1975 observations precessed from IAUC 2855. 696 Mt. Hopkins. 1.2-m reflector + CCD. Observer M. Holman. 699 LONEOS. 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD. Observers B. A. Skiff, M. E. Van Ness, W. D. Ferris, B. W. Koehn and L. Levy. 704 Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System, New Mexico. 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD. Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly, M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber. Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh. 809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla. 2.2-m reflector + CCD. Observers B. Gladman and J.-M. Petit. Format: This is a sequential file; one record contains 80 bytes with the MPC format, col. 1-12 the satellite number or designation, col. 16-19 the year, col. 21-22 the month, col. 24-31 the day and fraction of day, col. 33-34 hours | col. 36-37 minutes > right ascension col. 39-43 seconds | col. 45-47 degrees | col. 49-50 minuts > declination col. 52-55 seconds | col. 66-69 magnitude if available col. 71 spectral band for the magnitude if available col. 78-80 observatory IAU number ==============================================================================