Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2003 (original) (raw)

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Every three years the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements revises tables giving the directions of the north poles of rotation and the prime meridians of the planets, satellites, and asteroids. This report introduces a system of cartographic coordinates for asteroids and comets. A topographic reference surface for Mars is recommended. Tables for the rotational elements of the planets and satellites and size and shape of the planets and satellites are not included, since there were no changes to the values. They are available in the previous report (Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron., 82, 83–110, 2002), a version of which is also available on a web site.

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1. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
   P. K. Seidelmann
2. U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
   B. A. Archinal
3. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.
   M. F. A’Hearn
4. NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, U.S.A.
   D. P. Cruikshank
5. U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
   J. L. Hilton
6. MPI Aeronomie, Katlenburg Lindau, Germany
   H. U. Keller
7. DLR Berlin Adlershof, Berlin, Germany
   J. Oberst
8. Institut de Mécanique Céleste, Paris, France
   J. L. Simon
9. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
   P. Stooke
10. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
    D. J. Tholen
11. Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.
    P. C. Thomas

Authors

1. P. K. Seidelmann
2. B. A. Archinal
3. M. F. A’Hearn
4. D. P. Cruikshank
5. J. L. Hilton
6. H. U. Keller
7. J. Oberst
8. J. L. Simon
9. P. Stooke
10. D. J. Tholen
11. P. C. Thomas

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Seidelmann, P.K., Archinal, B.A., A’Hearn, M.F. et al. Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2003.Celestial Mech Dyn Astr 91, 203–215 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-004-3115-4

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• Received: 25 August 2004
• Accepted: 08 September 2004
• Issue Date: March 2005
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-004-3115-4

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