The Handling and Uses of the SAO Catalog

Abstract

The complete and rigorous update procedures applied to the 1950.0 epoch SAO Catalog are described. The corrections included are the terms of elliptic aberration, precession, proper motion, and foreshortening (e.g., parallax and radial velocity terms). The uses of the updated catalog are schematically described for the local reduction of artificial satellite positions. Finally, an annotated FORTRAN program is included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 05, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035871

Entities

People

  • Laurence G. Taff

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Errors
  • Graphics
  • Grids
  • Interactive Graphics
  • Massachusetts
  • Power Series
  • Radial Velocity
  • Solar System
  • Space Objects
  • Space Systems
  • Spherical Astronomy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris