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Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011

  • Authors: R. Jacobson, M. Brozović, B. Gladman, M. Alexandersen, P. D. Nicholson, and C. Veillet

Jacobson et al. 2012 The Astronomical Journal 144 132.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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On-sky difference between the observed and predicted position at recovery compared to our method's computed ephemeris uncertainty on the date of the observation. These results confirm that our method correctly estimates the on-sky uncertainties of irregular moons.

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