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Table 6

Parameters of the motion of Triton at epoch 2000 January 1.5 TDB based on Emelyanov & Samorodov (2015) model fitted to the integrated orbit.

a [km] I0 [o] u0 [o] [o day−1] Ω0 [o] [o yr−1] α0 [o] δ0 [o]
354758.99 156.83468336 58.48132850 61.258697017626 177.70910343 0.5245014381 299.42347236 43.44075387

Notes. Parameters are obtained by fitting the Emelyanov & Samorodov (2015) model to the integrated orbit of Triton over the 400-year time span from 1800 January 1 to 2200 January 1. The orbit is planetocentric. Its elements are defined as referred to the orbital coordinate system, which is defined by Emelyanov & Samorodov (2015). Listed parameters are semimajor axis, a, epoch inclination, I0, epoch argument of latitude, u0, epoch longitude of the ascending node, Ω0, mean rate of secular argument change, , and mean rate of secular change of nodal precession, , and pole right ascension and declination of orbital coordinate system referred to the ICRS, α0 and δ0, respectively. The longitude of the ascending node, Ω, is measured from the intersection of the orbital coordinate system reference plane with the ICRS reference plane; the motion of Triton along its orbit is described by the argument of latitude, u = M + ω, where M is the mean anomaly and ω the argument of periapsis.

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