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JPL HORIZONS Ephemeris Generator Categories Pertaining to Minor Planets Ephemerides

These detailed categories of the JPL are much technical for the amateur use. Just retain what is really pertaining to your minor planets observation, mainly R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC = (R.A and decl.) and APmag S-brt = (magnitude)

(Ces catégories du JPL sont très techniques. Ne conservez que ce qui est réellement utile à vos observations des planètes mineures, essentiellement R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC = (ascension droite, déclinaison) et APmag S-brt = (magnitude))

R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC =
   J2000.0 astrometric right ascension and declination of target center.
Corrected for light-time. Units: HMS (HH MM SS.ff) and DMS (DD MM SS.f)
 
 APmag S-brt =
   Asteroid's approximate apparent visual magnitude & surface brightness:
APmag = H + 5*log10(delta) + 5*log10(r) - 2.5*log10((1-G)*phi1 + G*phi2)
In principle, accurate to ~ +/- 0.1 magnitude. For solar phase angles > 90 deg,
the error could exceed 1 magnitude. No values are output for phase angles
greater than 120 degrees, since the errors could be large and unknown.
Units: NONE & VISUAL MAGNITUDES PER SQUARE ARCSECOND
 
 delta  deldot =
   Range ("delta") and range-rate ("delta-dot") of target center with respect
to the observer at the instant light seen by the observer at print-time would
have left the target center (print-time minus down-leg light-time); the
distance traveled by a light ray emanating from the center of the target and
recorded by the observer at print-time. "deldot" is a projection of the
velocity vector along this ray, the light-time-corrected line-of-sight from the
coordinate center, and indicates relative motion. A positive "deldot" means the
target center is moving away from the observer (coordinate center). A negative
"deldot" means the target center is moving toward the observer.
Units: AU and KM/S
 
 S-O-T /r =
    Sun-Observer-Target angle; target's apparent solar elongation seen from
observer location at print-time. If negative, the target center is behind
the Sun. Angular units: DEGREES.

    The '/r' column is a Sun-relative code, output for observing sites
with defined rotation models only.

         /T indicates target trails Sun (evening sky)
         /L indicates target leads Sun  (morning sky)

    NOTE: The S-O-T solar elongation angle is the total separation in any
direction. It does not indicate the angle of Sun leading or trailing.
 
 S-T-O =
   Sun-Target-Observer angle; target's apparent PHASE ANGLE as seen at
observer's location at print time.  Units: DEGREES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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