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Long-focus CCD astrometry of planetary satellites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. Pascu
D. Pascu*
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory

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CCD detectors are rapidly replacing the photographic plate and photomultiplier in satellite observations used for orbital improvement. This includes both phenomena timings as well as tangent plane astrometry. In most cases this change has been for the better, but in some areas there has been no gain – even a loss. We will review this change in terms of the recent history of satellite observations. The impact of the CCD will be discussed in terms of its applications, and the increase in precision it affords. Finally, a few things will be said about future directions, especially about spin-off applications.

Type
Part X - Solar System Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 172: Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry of the Solar System , 1996 , pp. 373 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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