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61. The SkyMapper DR3 SSOs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A109
Title:
The SkyMapper DR3 SSOs
Short Name:
J/A+A/658/A109
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The populations of small bodies of the Solar System (asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects) are used to constrain the origin and evolution of the Solar System. Their orbital distribution and composition distribution are both required to track the dynamical pathway from their formation regions to their current locations. We aim to increase the sample of Solar System objects (SSOs) that have multifilter photometry and compositional taxonomy. Methods. We searched for moving objects in the SkyMapper Southern Survey. We used the predicted SSO positions to extract photometry and astrometry from the SkyMapper frames. We then applied a suite of filters to clean the catalog from false-positive detections. We finally used the near-simultaneous photometry to assign a taxonomic class to objects. We release a catalog of 880,528 individual observations, consisting of 205515 known and unique SSOs. The catalog completeness is estimated to be about 97% down to V=18mag and the purity is higher than 95% for known SSOs. The near-simultaneous photometry provides either three, two, or a single color that we use to classify 117356 SSOs with a scheme consistent with the widely used Bus-DeMeo taxonomy. The present catalog contributes significantly to the sample of asteroids with known surface properties (about 40% of main-belt asteroids down to an absolute magnitude of 16). We will release more observations of SSOs with future SkyMapper data releases.
62. Topocentric positions of Pluto
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/155
Title:
Topocentric positions of Pluto
Short Name:
VI/155
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Catalog of 90 astrometric positions of Pluto have been compiled with Tycho-2 as a reference frame from photographic observations obtained at the Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Astronomical Observatory of the Kyiv Shevchenko National University, Research Institute Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory and Baldone Observatory of the University of Latvia in 1961-1996. Astronegatives have been digitized with Epson Perfection V750 Pro and Epson Expression 10000XL commercial scanners in 16-bit grayscale with a resolution of 1200 dpi. (O-C) residuals obtained from the comparison with JPL PLU055/DE433 ephemeris are 0.09 ... 0.14 arcsec. Gallery of plate images used for catalog: http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=pluton_1961_1996
63. Topocentric positions of Saturn's moons
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/KFNT/33.70
Title:
Topocentric positions of Saturn's moons
Short Name:
J/other/KFNT/33.
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A catalog of 1399 astrometric positions of Saturn's moons S2-S9 has been compiled with Tycho-2 as a reference frame from photographic observations obtained at the Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in 1961-1990. Astronegatives have been digitized with an Epson Expression 10000XL commercial scanner in 16-bit grayscale with a resolution of 1200 dpi. Reduction has been performed in the LINUX-MIDAS-ROMAFOT software supplemented with additional modules. The internal positional accuracy of the reduction is 0.09...0.23" for both coordinates and 0.27...0.37m for the photographic magnitudes of the Tycho-2 catalog. Gallery of plate images used for the catalog: http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=satmoons_1961_1990
64. Uranus & Neptune topocentric positions
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/OAP/29.155
Title:
Uranus & Neptune topocentric positions
Short Name:
J/other/OAP/29.1
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Catalogs of 145 astrometric positions of Uranus and 4 its moons U1-U4 and 62 positions of Neptune and Triton have been compiled with Tycho-2 as a reference frame from photographic observations obtained at the Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in 1963-1990. Astronegatives have been digitized with an Epson Expression 10000XL commercial scanner in 16-bit grayscale with a resolution of 1200 dpi. Reduction has been performed in the LINUX-MIDAS-ROMAFOT software supplemented with additional modules for the precise positional determination. The internal positional accuracy of the reduction is 0.04-0.25" for both coordinates and 0.21-0.65m for photographic magnitudes of the Tycho-2 catalog. Gallery of plate images used for catalogs: http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=neptun_1963_1990 http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/catalog_gallery.php?catn=uran_1963_1990
65. (174567) Varda multi-chord stellar occultation
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/643/A125
Title:
(174567) Varda multi-chord stellar occultation
Short Name:
J/A+A/643/A125
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present here results of the first-ever recorded stellar occultation by the large trans-Neptunian object (174567) Varda that was observed on September 10th, 2018. Varda belongs to the high-inclination dynamically excited population, and has a satellite, Ilmare, which is half the size of Varda.
66. VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL images of Vesta
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/623/A6
Title:
VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL images of Vesta
Short Name:
J/A+A/623/A6
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Over the past decades, several interplanetary missions have studied small bodies in situ, leading to major advances in our understanding of their geological and geophysical properties. These missions, however, have had a limited number of targets. Among them, the NASA Dawn mission has characterised in detail the topography and albedo variegation across the surface of asteroid (4) Vesta down to a spatial resolution of ~20m/pixel scale. Here our aim was to determine how much topographic and albedo information can be retrieved from the ground with VLT/SPHERE in the case of Vesta, having a former space mission (Dawn) providing us with the ground truth that can be used as a benchmark. We observed Vesta with VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL as part of our ESO large programme (ID 199.C-0074) at six different epochs, and deconvolved the collected images with a parametric point spread function (PSF). We then compared our images with synthetic views of Vesta generated from the 3D shape model of the Dawn mission, on which we projected Vesta's albedo information. We show that the deconvolution of the VLT/SPHERE images with a parametric PSF allows the retrieval of the main topographic and albedo features present across the surface of Vesta down to a spatial resolution of ~20-30km. Contour extraction shows an accuracy of ~1-pixel (3.6mas). The present study provides the very first quantitative estimate of the accuracy of ground-based adaptive-optics imaging observations of asteroid surfaces. In the case of Vesta, the upcoming generation of 30-40m telescopes (ELT, TMT, GMT) should in principle be able to resolve all of the main features present across its surface, including the troughs and the north-south crater dichotomy, provided that they operate at the diffraction limit.
67. W1J00 and W2J00 Transit Circle Catalogs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/334
Title:
W1J00 and W2J00 Transit Circle Catalogs
Short Name:
I/334
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
W1J00. We present the result of observations made with the Six-inch Transit Circle in Washington, D.C., between September 1977 and July 1982. The catalog, called W1J00, contains mean positions of 7267 stars, all but five are north of -30 degrees declination, and 4383 observations of solar system objects. Positions of stars are for mean epoch of observation, on equator and equinox J2000.0. Positions of solar system objects are apparent places. Error estimates are about 100mas per coordinate for the majority of stars. W2J00. We present the result of observations made with the Six-inch Transit Circle in Washington, D.C. and the Seven-inch Transit Circle at the Black Birch station near Blenheim, New Zealand between April 1985 and February 1996. The catalog, called W2J00, contains mean positions of 44,395 globally distributed stars, 5048 observations of the planets, and 6518 observations of the brighter minor planets. Positions of stars are for mean epoch of observation, on equator and equinox J2000.0. Positions of solar system objects are apparent places. Error estimates are about 75mas per coordinate for the majority of stars.