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International programs of observations of selected minor planets have lasted about 50 years and the last one comes to the end in 2000. The main aim of these observational programs consists in obtaining the orientation of the stellar reference frame with respect to the dynamical one using observations of the bright minor planets. The observations are also useful for the orbital improvements of the asteroids themselves. They are available from the author via e-mail at the address <cya@quasar.ipa.nw.ru>.
During the above mentioned period more than 23 000 observations of minor planets, referred to different reference star catalogues, have been obtained. The reduction procedure of observations to the PPM star catalogue is described. The orientation parameters are given and discussed.
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Chernetenko, Y.A. International program of observations of selected minor planets: first results. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 80, 185–194 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012031821629
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