Title
The PHEMU09 catalogue and astrometric results of the observations of the mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter made in 2009
Date Issued
01 December 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arlot J.E.
Emelyanov N.
Varfolomeev M.I.
Amossé A.
Arena C.
Assafin M.
Barbieri L.
Bolzoni S.
Bragas-Ribas F.
Camargo J.I.B.
Casarramona F.
Casas R.
Christou A.
Collard A.
Combe S.
Constantinescu M.
Dangl G.
De Cat P.
Degenhardt S.
Delcroix M.
Dias-Oliveira A.
Dourneau G.
Douvris A.
Druon C.
Ellington C.K.
Estraviz G.
Farissier P.
Farmakopoulos A.
Garlitz J.
Gault D.
George T.
Gorda S.Y.
Grismore J.
Guo D.F.
Herald D.
Ida M.
Ishida M.
Ivanov A.V.
Klemt B.
Koshkin N.
Le Campion J.F.
Liakos A.
Liao S.L.
Li S.N.
Loader B.
Lopresti C.
Lo Savio E.
Marchini A.
Marino G.
Masi G.
Massallé A.
Maulella R.
Mcfarland J.
Miyashita K.
Napoli C.
Noyelles B.
Pauwels T.
Pavlov H.
Peng Q.Y.
Perelló C.
Priban V.
Prost J.
Razemon S.
Rousselle J.P.
Rovira J.
Ruisi R.
Ruocco N.
Salvaggio F.
Sbarufatti G.
Shakun L.
Scheck A.
Sciuto C.
Da Silva Neto D.N.
V Sinyaeva N.
Sofia A.
Sonka A.
Talbot J.
Tang Z.H.
Tejfel V.G.
Thuillot W.
Tigani K.
Timerson B.
Tontodonati E.
Tsamis V.
Unwin M.
Venable R.
Vieira-Martins R.
Vilar J.
Vingerhoets P.
Watanabe H.
Yin H.X.
Yu Y.
Zambelli R.
Observatoire de Paris
Publisher(s)
EDP Sciences
Abstract
Context. In 2009, the Sun and the Earth passed through the equatorial plane of Jupiter and therefore the orbital planes of its main satellites. It was the equinox on Jupiter. This occurrence made mutual occultations and eclipses between the satellites possible. Experience has shown that the observations of such events provide accurate astrometric data able to bring new information on the dynamics of the Galilean satellites. Observations are made under the form of photometric measurements, but need to be made through the organization of a worldwide observation campaign maximizing the number and the quality of the data obtained. Aims. This work focuses on processing the complete database of photometric observations of the mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter made during the international campaign in 2009. The final goal is to derive new accurate astrometric data. Methods. We used an accurate photometric model of mutual events adequate with the accuracy of the observation. Our original method was applied to derive astrometric data from photometric observations of mutual occultations and eclipses of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Results. We processed the 457 lightcurves obtained during the international campaign of photometric observations of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter in 2009. Compared with the theory, for successful observations, the r.m.s. of O-C residuals are equal to 45.8 mas and 81.1 mas in right ascension and declination, respectively; the mean O-C residuals are equal to -2 mas and -9 mas in right ascension and declination, respectively, for mutual occultations; and -6 mas and +1 mas in right ascension and declination, respectively, for mutual eclipses.
Volume
572
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84916898857
Source
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN of the container
00046361
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 12-02-00294), by The European contract ESPaCE (FP7-grant agreement 263466), by the Scientific Council of Paris Observatory, by the CNRS PICS 3840 France-Russia, by the Programme National de Planétologie (CNES and CNRS) and by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No 11273014) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
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