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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology has been developing a radio-astrometric catalogue for use in the application of radio interferometry to interplanetary navigation and geodesy. The catalogue consists of approximately 100 compact extragalactic radio sources whose relative positions have formal uncertainties of the order of 0”.01. The sources cover nearly all of the celestial sphere above -40° declination. By using the optical counterparts of many of these radio sources, we have tied this radio reference frame to the FK4 optical system with a global accuracy of approximately 0”.01. This paper describes the status of this work.
This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by t h e National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
* This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by t h e National Aeronautics and Space Administration.