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Predictions of occultations by minor planets as a test of accuracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Leif Kahl Kristensen
Leif Kahl Kristensen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, University of Aarhus DK - 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Abstract

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Predictions of tracks of occultations of stars by minor planets give a strong test of the accuracy of observations, star places, and dynamical theories. A critical discussion of the 1983 September 11 occultation of 14 Piscium by (51) Nemausa shows that the systematic regional errors of fundamental stars introduce errors in the long-term predictions of occultations that are larger than relativistic effects.

Type
Motions of Natural Bodies in the Solar System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 114: Relativity in Celestial Mechanics and Astrometry , 1986 , pp. 113 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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