| Issue |
A&A
Volume 486, Number 2, August I 2008
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 613 - 615 | |
| Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809838 | |
| Published online | 22 May 2008 | |
134340 Pluto: nine years of CCD observations *,**
Observatório Nacional, Rua General José Cristino 77, Bairro Imperial de São Cristóvão Cep:20921-400 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Coordenação de Astronomia e Astrofísica e-mail: cave@on.br
Received:
24
March
2008
Accepted:
15
April
2008
Aims. The purpose of this article is to present the new accurate astrometric CCD positions of Pluto, now designated as the minor planet 134340 Pluto and member of the Trans-Neptunian population. These positions were obtained from 1108 frames taken during 49 nights. The observations were distributed in 17 continuous missions between the years of 1995 and 2004.
Methods. The USNO-A2.0 star catalog, locally corrected by UCAC2 catalog, was used for the astrometric calibration. All positions were compared with those calculated by the PLU017 ephemeris.
Results. In this work precise positions of 134340 Pluto are presented. The residues, observed minus
calculated positions, have mean and standard deviation
smaller than 0
05, in the right ascension and declination coordinates' directions.
Key words: minor planets, asteroids / celestial mechanics / ephemerides / Kuiper Belt / astrometry
© ESO, 2008
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