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The FK5 equinox and equator from combined radar and optical data of the near-earth asteroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

N.V. Shuygina  and
E.I. Yagudina
N.V. Shuygina
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences 8 Zhdanovskaya st., St. Petersburg, 197042 Russia e-mail [email protected]
E.I. Yagudina
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences 8 Zhdanovskaya st., St. Petersburg, 197042 Russia e-mail [email protected]

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Minor planets optical observations have long been used for the purpose of establishing a Celestial reference frame. Being in existence since the early 1960s modern high-accuracy radar measurements of the so-called near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been widely extended to the orbit determination process and predicting of the next apparition of the asteroid. Even few radar measurements, when added to optical ones, significantly improve asteroid's ephemeris and reduce standard deviations of the orbital elements (Yeomans et al., 1987). The idea to connect optical and radar data in the problem of the catalogue zero-point determination has been stated by several scientists (Boiko, 1975). And even the first attempt of the authors (Krivova et al., 1994) with actual optical and radar observations of two NEAs: (4179) Toutatis and (1862) Apollo appears to have considerable promise. It was demonstrated the possibility of obtaining standard deviations of catalogue orientation parameters 1.5–2 times better with radar data included.

Type
Part XI - Reference Frames. Stellar Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 172: Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry of the Solar System , 1996 , pp. 469 - 474
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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