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Table 7

Parameters of series for rotational elements of the pole orientation of Neptune at epoch 2000 January 1.5 TDB referred to the ICRS.

αo [o] [′′ cy−1] δo [o] [′′ cy−1]
299.42337859 − 0.4153152533 43.44026695 − 0.0587437062

A1 [o] B1 [o] N1 [o] 1 [o cy−1]

0.63462037 − 0.4607685802 357.70876928 52.4497587577

A2 [o] B2 [o] N2 [o] 2 [o cy−1]

− 0.00240874 0.0008736434 355.41753857 104.8995175153

A3 [o] B3 [o] N3 [o] 3 [o cy−1]

0.00001624 − 0.0000050196 353.12630785 157.3492762730

Notes. Provided rotational elements are the rightascension, αp, and declination, δp, of the pole orientation of Neptune referred to the ICRS. They are represented by trigonometric series in accordance with the IAU standard (e.g., Archinal et al. 2018). Listed parameters are the angles at epoch, αo and δo, their rates, and , and the amplitudes, Ai and Bi, phases, Ni, and frequencies, i, for the series periodic terms. With these parameters, the series are written as and , where t is the time since the epoch 2000 January 1.5 TDB. We estimate the parameters by fitting these series to our integrated pole orientation motion from 1600 to 2650. Overall angular distance residuals are well constrained within about 0.′′ 08.

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