Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 1999 · 11 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyAstrometryAstrophysicsObservational AstronomyAstrometric InstrumentationOrbit DeterminationPlanetary SatellitesSatellite InstrumentationSatellite OrbitsSpace-based AstrometryCcd AstrometryCcd PhotometryDetectorsInter-satellite TrackingRoot-mean-square DeviationSpace Telescope AstrometryTelescope Calibration
In this paper, we publish measurements of 1514 positions of the major satellites of Saturn made in 1995 and 1997 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 in 1995 and in 1997.