Satellite Ephemeris File Release


Satellite Ephemeris: PLU042

Location: ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/satellites/nio/LINUX_PC/plu042.nio
Size(nio): 86350848 bytes

Enter SATEPHMERGE/13 12-Jul-2013 10:14:11.308 linked 24-May-2011 16:26:51
Merge of forward and back
Fit to observations
Fit to all observations - PLU042
Ephemeris Version Number: 17
Timespan from JED  2415021.500(02-JAN-1900) to JED  2488069.500(01-JAN-2100)
File Epoch Julian Date: 2456293.50
Master Interval: 4.0000 Days
Equinox Reference Julian Date: 2451545.00
Planetary Ephemeris Number: DE-0424/LE-0424

Bodies on the File:

   Name       Number            GM             NDIV   NDEG   Model
   Charon       901    1.022705227614099E+02      1     15   SATORBINT
   Nix          902    1.331445154752515E-03      1     15   SATORBINT
   Hydra        903    6.484444771683322E-03      1     15   SATORBINT
   Kerberos     904    1.129361445372135E-03      1     15   SATORBINT
   Styx         905    0.000000000000000E+00      1     15   SATORBINT
   Pluto        999    8.724057372353072E+02      1     15   SATORBINT
   System              9.746852052480889E+02

Additional Constants on the File:

  AU       1.495978706996262E+08   RADIUS   1.181000000000000E+03
  J902     0.000000000000000E+00   POLTIM   2.451545000000000E+06
  ZACPL9   3.130520320000000E+02   ZDEPL9   6.176400000000000E+00
  DACPL9   0.000000000000000E+00   DDEPL9   0.000000000000000E+00
  WPL9     2.371753000000000E+02   WDP9    -5.636247850433917E+01
  GM5      1.267127648000003E+08   GM6      3.794058520000016E+07
  GM7      5.794548600000031E+06   GM8      6.836527100580398E+06
  GM10     1.327132332630031E+11   C90202   0.000000000000000E+00
  S90202   1.123749802405614E-20   901RAD   6.050000000000000E+02
  901J2    0.000000000000000E+00   901C22   0.000000000000000E+00
  901LIB   1.000000000000000E-10


Chebyshev interpolation error: 0.7000 meters

Release to: Horizons/NAIF                      Time: 12-Jul-2013 12:17:58

Preparer: M. Brozovic

Comments:
Fit of all of Pluto's satellites to all available data.
Reference: M. Brozovic and R.~A. Jacobson., The Orbits and Masses of Pluto's
Satellites, Presented at The Pluto System on the Eve of Exploration by New
Horizons: Perspectives and Predictions held at APL, Laurel, MD, 2013. sponsored
by APL (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory).