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IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris
Containt of the directory: /pub/ephem/satel/fp7-espace/Saturn/SPICE
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CONTENTS: These files give the ephemerides of the Saturnian moons.
AUTHOR : V. Lainey
ADDRESS : IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris
77 av. Denfert Rochereau, F-75014 PARIS
Phone: (1) 40 51 22 69
Fax: (1) 46 33 28 34
e-mail: lainey@imcce.fr
README FILE:
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18/04/2015
SPK file prepared by: Valery Lainey (lainey@imcce.fr)
This file provides IMCCE ephemeris "NOE-6-2015-MAIN-Coorb" of the eight main Saturnian moons (Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus)
as well as the coorbital satellites of Tethys and Dione (Telesto, Calypso, Helene and Polydeuces).
Time coverage: 2433283.d0 (01/01/1950, 12H00) - 2469076.5 (01/01/2048, 00H00)
Polynomial degree: 19
The accuracy of Chebychev representations is better than 150 m (position) and 5.d-5 km/day (velocity) for all moons.
Expected external accuracy of these ephemerides highly depends on the moon and time considered. An accuracy of few tens of kilometers is expected over the modern period (1980-2020).
SPK file was generated on Mac OS-X.
Questions, comments or special requests should be sent to V.Lainey (lainey@imcce.fr)
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These ephemerides and data are issued from the activity of the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des
Ephémérides (IMCCE-Paris Observatory) in Celestial Mechanics and Astrometry.
This work was supported by the ESPaCE (European Satellite Partnership for Computing Ephemerides) FP7-Program under ESA grant agreement contract 263466.