Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 1997 · 22 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyAstrometryAstrophysicsObservational AstronomyAstrometric InstrumentationOrbit DeterminationPlanetary SatellitesSatellite InstrumentationSatellite OrbitsSpace-based AstrometryCcd AstrometryDetectorsSpace Telescope AstrometryTelescope Calibration
In this paper, we publish 1206 measurements of positions of the major satellites of Saturn made in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994 using CCD detectors attached to the 1-metre Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope on the island of La Palma. Analysis of the data as inter-satellite positions shows that the observations of Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Titan have root-mean-square residuals of 0.″08, corresponding to 500 km at the distance of Saturn.