Rock Element File Release


Rock Elements: SAT276

Location: ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/satellites/rckin/rckin.sat276.txt

Equinox Reference Julian Date: 2451545.00

Bodies on the File:

    Name      Number          GM                  AX        BX        CX
    Pan        618     0.000000000000000E+00     0.500     0.000     0.000
    Daphni     635     0.000000000000000E+00     0.000     0.000     0.000

    Elements for Pan    at Julian Date: 2451545.000000000
       Semi-major axis             133584.4205486982       km
       h = esin(omega+node)       -6.902583172071724E-06   
       k = ecos(omega+node)       -1.269685950279086E-05   
       mean longitude              146.5921081221719       deg
       p = tan(i/2)sin(node)      -1.267595316560479E-06   
       q = tan(i/2)cos(node)       2.598952600310056E-07   
       apsidal rate                3.711634216959547E-05   deg/sec
       mean longitude rate         7.245737674569517E-03   deg/sec
       nodal rate                 -3.692813891097183E-05   deg/sec
       Reference plane pole RTA    40.58160885867130       deg
       Reference plane pole DEC    83.53771038768542       deg

    Elements for Daphni at Julian Date: 2453491.914120370
       Semi-major axis             136505.5475509923       km
       h = esin(omega+node)        3.283172586052025E-05   
       k = ecos(omega+node)        4.057978124357007E-06   
       mean longitude              222.9489759944028       deg
       p = tan(i/2)sin(node)       1.911984362706814E-05   
       q = tan(i/2)cos(node)      -2.525648420099208E-05   
       apsidal rate                3.436653913803892E-05   deg/sec
       mean longitude rate         7.013647712691886E-03   deg/sec
       nodal rate                 -3.419975372948664E-05   deg/sec
       Reference plane pole RTA    40.58160885867130       deg
       Reference plane pole DEC    83.53771038768542       deg

Release to: Horizons/NAIF                      Time: 22-Oct-2007 10:30:54
Preparer: R. A. Jacobson

Comments:
Elements for Saturn rocks as documented in AJ article to appear.  These
are the same orbits as in the Cassini delivery 070815AP_RE_90165_14363.