Proposals for the masses of the three largest asteroids, the moon-earth mass ratio and the astronomical unit

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Pitjeva, E V ^a   Standish, E M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical Unit; Ceres mass; DE ephemerides; EPM ephemerides; Moon Earth mass ratio; Pallas mass; Vesta mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749092080     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-009-9203-8     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. J. Baer S.R. Chesley 2008 Astrometric masses of 21 asteroids, and an integrated asteroid ephemeris Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 100 27 42
2. V.A. Brumberg E. Groten 2001 IAU resolutions on reference systems and time scales in practice Astron. Astrophys. 367 1070 1077
3. Brumberg V.A., Simon J.-L.: Relativistic indirect third-body perturbations in the SMART Earth's rotation theory. In: Finkelstein, A., Capitaine, N. (eds) Astrometry, Geodynamics and Solar System Dynamics: from milliarcsecond to microarcseconds/Journees-2003, pp. 302-313. IAA RAS, St.Petersburg (2004)
4. A. Fienga H. Manche J. Laskar M. Gastineau 2008 INPOP06: a new numerical planetary ephemeris Astron. Astrophys. 477 315 327
5. Folkner, W.M., Williams, J.G., Boggs, D.H.: The planetary and lunar ephemerides DE421. Interoffice Memorandum 343.R-08-003 (2008)
6. E. Goffin 2001 New determination of the mass of Pallas Astron. Astrophys. 365 627 630
7. Hertz, H.G.: Mass of Vesta. IAU Circ. 1983 (1966)
8. J.L. Hilton 1997 New Masses and Densities for 1 Ceres, 2 Pallas, and 4 Vesta Br. Assoc. Adv. Stud. 29 1318
9. J.L. Hilton 1999 US Naval observatory ephemerides of the largest asteroids Astron. J. 117 1077 1086
10. Hilton J.L.: Asteroid masses and densities. In: Bottke, W.F., Cellino, A., Paolicchi, P., Binzel, R.P. (eds) Asteroids III, pp. 103-112. University of Arizona Press, Tucson (2002)
11. A.W. Irwin T. Fukushima 1999 A numerical time ephemeris of the Earth Astron. Astrophys. 348 642 651
12. Kochetova, O.M.: Masses and densities of minor planets. IAA RAS, St.Petersburg, http://www.ipa.nw.ru/PAGE/DEPFUND/LSBSS/engmasses.htm (2006)
13. A.S. Konopliv C.F. Yoder E.M. Standish D.N. Yuan W.L. Sjogren 2006 A global solution for the Mars static and seasonal gravity, Mars orientation, Phobos and Deimos masses, and Mars ephemeris Icarus 182 23 50
14. A. Kovacevic M. Kuzmanoski 2007 A new determination of the mass of (1) Ceres Earth Moon Planets 100 117 123
15. G.A. Krasinsky E.V. Pitjeva M.L. Sveshnikov L.I. Chunaeva 1993 The motion of major planets from observations 1769-1988 and some astronomical constants Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 55 1 23
16. Krasinsky, G.A., Pitjeva, E.V., Vasilyev, M.V., Yagudina, E.I.: Estimating masses of asteroids. Communication of IAA RAS 139 (2001)
17. G. Michalak 2000 Determination of asteroid masses, I. (1) Ceres, (2) Pallas, and (4) Vesta Astron. Astrophys. 360 363 374
18. E.V. Pitjeva 2001 Modern numerical ephemerides of planets and the importance of ranging observations for their creation Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 80 249 271
19. Pitjeva, E.V.: EPM2002 and EPM2002C-two versions of high accuracy numerical planetary ephemerides constructed for TDB and TCB time scales. Communication of IAA RAS 155 (2003)
20. Pitjeva E.V.: Precise determination of the motion of planets and some astronomical constants from modern observations. In: Kurtz, D.W. (eds) IAU Coll. N 196 / Transit of Venus: new views of the solar system and galaxy, pp. 230-241. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005)
21. Pitjeva, E.V.: National high-precision ephemerides of planets and the Moon-EPM. IAA Transaction issue 17, St.Petersburg, IAA RAS, 42-59 (2007, in Russian)
22. Pitjeva, E. V.: Ephemerides EPM2008: the updated model, constants, data. In: Soffel, M., Capitaine, N. (eds.) Journees-2008/Astrometry, Geodynamics and Astronomical Reference Systems. Dresden (2009, in press)
23. G. Sitarski B. Todorovic-Juchniewicz 1992 Determination of the mass of (1) Ceres from perturbations on (203) Pompeja and (348) May Acta Astron. 42 139 144
24. G. Sitarski B. Todororovic-Juchniewicz 1995 Determination of masses of Ceres and Vesta from their perturbations on four asteroids Acta Astron. 45 673 677
25. E.M., Jr. Standish 1990 The observational basis for JPL's DE200, planetary ephemerides of the Astronomical Almanac Astron. Astrophys. 233 252 271
26. Standish, E.M.: JPL planetary and lunar ephemerides, DE405/LE405. Interoffice Memorandum 312.F-98-048 (1998)
27. Standish, E.M.: Recommendation of DE405 for the 2001 mars surveyor mission and for Cassini. Interoffice Memorandum 312.F-00-107 (2000)
28. Standish, E.M.: JPL planetary ephemeris DE410. Interoffice Memorandum 312.N-03-109 (2003)
29. Standish E.M.: The astronomical unit now. In: Kurtz, D.W. (eds) IAU Coll. N 196 / Transit of Venus: new views of the solar system and galaxy, pp. 163-179. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005)
30. Standish, E.M.: JPL planetary, DE414. Interoffice Memorandum 343R-06-002 (2006)
31. M.E. Standish R.W. Hellings 1989 A determination of the masses of Ceres, Pallas and Vesta from their perturbations upon the orbit of Mars Icarus 80 326 333
32. Standish, E.M., Newhall X.X., Williams, J.G., Folkner, W.M.: JPL Planetary and lunar ephemerides, DE403/LE403. Interoffice Memorandum 314.10-127 (1995)
33. B. Viateau M. Rapaport 1998 The mass of (1) Ceres from its gravitational perturbations on the orbits of 9 asteroids Astron. Astrophys. 344 729 735
34. B. Viateau M. Rapaport 2001 Mass and density of asteroids (4) Vesta and (11) Parthenope Astron. Astrophys. 370 602 609
35. A. Vitagliano R.M. Stoss 2006 New mass determination of (15) Eunomia based on a very close encounter with (50278) 2000CZ12 Astron. Astrophys. 455 3 L29 31