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Relating the JPL VLBI Reference Frame and the Planetary Ephemerides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

X. X. Newhall ,
R. A. Preston  and
P. B. Esposito
X. X. Newhall
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
R. A. Preston
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
P. B. Esposito
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Abstract

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A series of VLBI observations of planet-orbiting spacecraft and angularly nearby quasars has provided an estimate of the relative orientation of the JPL VLBI reference frame and the ephemeris frame of the inner planets. We find the two frames to be coincident in both right ascension and declination to less than 20 milliarcseconds (mas).

Type
X. Connections Between the Various Techniques
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 109: Astrometric Techniques , 1986 , pp. 789 - 794
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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