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Redetermination of the orbit of Iapetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Shen Kaixian
Affiliation:
United Laboratory for Optical Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shaanxi Observatory, P.O. Box 18, Lintong, Shaanxi, China
Qiao Rongchuan
Affiliation:
United Laboratory for Optical Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shaanxi Observatory, P.O. Box 18, Lintong, Shaanxi, China

Abstract

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This paper gives a test of the reliability of TASS from Vienne & Duriez via the comparison of the theory of Iapetus given by Harper & Taylor. From fitting it to photographic observations, we derived a redetermination of the orbit of Iapetus.

Type
Part III - Satellites: Theory and Ephemerides
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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