Table A.2
Voyager B-plane data and the post-fit residual statistics.
Reference | Object | N | ![]() |
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TCA | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ν [km] | ν∕σ | ν [km] | ν∕σ | ν [sec] | ν∕σ | |||
Jacobson (2008) | Triton | 1 | 1.588 | 0.164 | 10.993 | 1.047 | 0.025 | 0.062 |
Neptune | 1 | 0.042 | 0.083 | − 0.100 | − 0.199 | 0.003 | 0.070 |
Notes. N is the number of data. TheB-plane is defined as a plane orthogonal to the hyperbolic trajectory plane, and described by three unit vectors
,
, and
, where
is parallel to the hyperbolic excess velocity,
lies in the ecliptic plane, and
completes the right-handed triad. The unit vectors
and
are used as B-plane axes. The B-vector is defined to be the vector, B, from the origin (center of mass of the flyby target) to the spot where the incoming asymptote pierces the B-plane. B-plane data are the B-plane coordinates of B,
, and
, and the time of closest approach (TCA). The Voyager states at the TCA reported by the reference are used to compute the theoretical B-plane data. The value ν is the post-fit residual from our orbit fitting process; σ is the uncertainty reported by the reference.
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