Proposals for the masses of the three largest asteroids,the Moon-Earth mass ratio and the Astronomical Unit |
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Authors: | E V Pitjeva E M Standish |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Applied Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kutuzov Quay 10, 191187 St.Petersburg, Russia;(2) Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, JPL 301-150, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA |
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Abstract: | We propose to the NSFA (the IAU Working Group on Numerical Standards for Fundamental Astronomy) the following representative
values and realistic uncertainties for the masses of the three largest asteroids (Ceres, Pallas, Vesta), to be used as the
current best estimates:
Unlike the values previously adopted in the Astronomical Almanac, these are consistent with nearly all of the twenty or so
modern accurate determinations from various authors. We also have proposed the following values for the Moon-Earth mass ratio
and the astronomical unit in meters obtained from the ephemeris improvement processes at JPL in Pasadena and at IAA RAS in
St.Petersburg: M
Moon/M
Earth = 0.0123000371(4) and AU = 149597870700(3) m. The numerical value of the AU in meters is identical in both the TDB-based and the TCB-based systems of units if one uses the conversion proposed by Irwin
and Fukushima, Brumberg and Groten, Brumberg and Simon. |
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Keywords: | Ceres mass DE ephemerides EPM ephemerides Pallas mass Vesta mass Moon-Earth mass ratio Astronomical Unit |
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