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Construction of theories of motion, ephemerides, and databases for natural satellites of planets

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A knowledge base for natural satellites of planets is created. On the basis of observations, new numerical models of motion are constructed for all 96 outer satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. A special database is compiled from all available observational data for natural satellites of planets, as well as a bibliographical database and information system of physical and orbital parameters of planets and satellites. The tools for calculations of ephemerides of all natural satellites (except for the Moon) of planets are developed. They represent the final result of studies and actually incorporate the entire knowledge about dynamics of the satellites of planets. Also developed are special ephemerides in order to observe singular phenomena in the apparent motion of the satellites of planets. A computer environment and the Internet allowed us to concentrate all above-listed options in a single toolkit easily available to any user in the world.

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    N. V. Emelyanov, M. I. Varfolomeev, S. N. Vashkov’yak, A. A. Kanter, S. M. Kudryavtsev, L. P. Nasonova & V. S. Ural’skaya

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Emelyanov, J.-E. Arlot, M.I. Varfolomeev, S.N. Vashkov’yak, A.A. Kanter, S.M. Kudryavtsev, L.P. Nasonova, V.S. Ural’skaya, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 136–145.

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Emelyanov, N.V., Arlot, J.E., Varfolomeev, M.I. et al. Construction of theories of motion, ephemerides, and databases for natural satellites of planets. Cosmic Res 44, 128–136 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506020055

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