Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-135

  Archinal, B A ^a   A'Hearn, M F ^b   Bowell, E ^c   Conrad, A ^d   Consolmagno, G J ^e   Courtin, R ^f   Fukushima, T ^g   Hestroffer, D ^f   Hilton, J L ^h   Krasinsky, G A ⁱ   Neumann, G ^j   Oberst, J ^k   Seidelmann, P K ^l   Stooke, P ^m   Tholen, D J ⁿ   Thomas, P C ^o   Williams, I P ^p  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^h US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^o Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^p QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cartographic coordinates; Comets; Dwarf planets; Latitude; Longitude; Minor planets; Planets; Rotation axes; Rotation periods; Satellites; Shapes; Sizes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251632865     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-010-9320-4     Document Type: Article

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