========================== ============================ IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris Containt of the directory: /pub/ephem/fp7-espace/rotation =========================== ============================ CONTENTS: These files give the rotation models of natural satellites AUTHOR : N. Rambaux (IMCCE) ADDRESS : IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris 77 av. Denfert Rochereau, F-75014 PARIS Phone: (1) 40 51 22 63 Fax: (1) 46 33 28 34 e-mail: lainey@imcce.fr README FILE: ------------ 27/07/2015 Files contained in the repository: 1. meta_PhobosPCK.tm 2. meta_GanymedePCK.tm These PcK files have been prepared by: Nicolas Rambaux Questions, comments or special requests should be sent to rambaux@imcce.fr ******************** 1. meta_PhobosPCK.tm ********************* P_constants (PcK) SPICE kernel file Orientation constants for Phobos =================================================================== Author: Nicolas Rambaux Sebastien Le Maistre May 2015 Version description -------------------------------------------------------- This is a PcK file for the ESPaCe project. This version corrects the version of the 2013 August 5 (sign in W). The data are based on the Rambaux et al 2012 [1] and Le Maistre et al 2013 [2] papers. Sources -------------------------------------------------------- The sources for the constants listed in this file are: [1] Rambaux, N., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Le Maistre, S., & Rosenblatt, P., 2012, Rotational motion of Phobos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol 548, id.A14, 11pp. [2] Le Maistre, S., Rosenblatt, P., Rambaux, N., Castillo-Rogez, J.C., Mary J.C. & Dehant V., 2013, Phobos libration determination using Doppler and Star Tracker measurements, Planetary and Space Science, 85:106–122, September 2013. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.06.015. 3] Archinal, B.A., A'Hearn, M.F., Bowell, E., Conrad, A., Consolmagno, G.J., Courtin, R., Fukushima, T., Hestroffer, D., Hilton, J.L., Krasinsky, G.A., Neumann, G., Oberst, J., Seidelmann, P.K., Stooke, P., Tholen, D.J., Thomas, P.C., and Williams, I.P. "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2011." ********************* 2. meta_GanymedePCK.tm ********************** P_constants (PcK) SPICE kernel file Orientation constants for Ganymede =================================================================== Author : Nicolas Rambaux 2013 June 12, 2013 August 14, 20 September 2013 Version description -------------------------------------------------------- This is a prototype PcK file for the ESPaCe project. The data are based on the Rambaux etal 2011 paper [1]. Notably, the layers are rigid and the amplitudes of the short-period librations are larger than in the non-rigid case. Sources -------------------------------------------------------- The sources for the constants listed in this file are: [1] Rambaux, N., Van Hoolst, T., Karatekin, O, 2011 'Librational response of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto with an ocean for a non-Keplerian orbit', A&A 527, A118 (2011) DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015304 Remark: The phases of the Figures are not correct. [2] Archinal, B.A., A'Hearn, M.F., Bowell, E., Conrad, A., Consolmagno, G.J., Courtin, R., Fukushima, T., Hestroffer, D., Hilton, J.L., Krasinsky, G.A., Neumann, G., Oberst, J., Seidelmann, P.K., Stooke, P., Tholen, D.J., Thomas, P.C., and Williams, I.P. "Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2011." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These ephemerides and data are issued from the activity of the Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides (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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------