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Astrometry of Faint Planetary Satellites with WFPC2 of Hubble space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Pascu ,
J.R. Rohde ,
P.K. Seidelmann ,
E.N. Wells ,
C.T. Kowal ,
B.H. Zellner ,
A. Storrs ,
D.G. Currie  and
D.M. Dowling
D. Pascu
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA
J.R. Rohde
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA
P.K. Seidelmann
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA
E.N. Wells
Affiliation:
Computer Sciences Corp./Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, Maryland, USA
C.T. Kowal
Affiliation:
Computer Sciences Corp./Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, Maryland, USA
B.H. Zellner
Affiliation:
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA
A. Storrs
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Inst., Baltimore, Maryland, USA
D.G. Currie
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
D.M. Dowling
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Abstract

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Only the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) can detect about 20 of the faint satellites discovered with the two Voyager spacecraft. We describe here the techniques used in obtaining astrometric positions of the inner satellites of Uranus with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of HST, and those planned for our scheduled observations of the inner Neptunian satellites.

Type
Observational Techniques and Catalogues
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 165: Dynamics and Astrometry of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies , 1997 , pp. 517 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997

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