A&A Supplement series, Vol. 129, April II 1998, 205-217
Received May 26; accepted September 30, 1997
J.H. Lieske
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., MS 301-150 Pasadena, 91109 California, U.S.A. e-mail: jay.lieske@jpl.nasa.gov
New ephemerides of Jupiter's Galilean satellites are produced from an analysis of CCD astrometric data, Voyager-mission optical navigation images, mutual event observations, photographic plates, and eclipse timing observations. The resulting parameters, for use in the galsat computer software, are in the B1950 frame for use by the Galileo space mission. Results in the J2000 system are also available.
keywords: astrometry -- celestial mechanics -- ephemerides -- Planets and satellites: Jupiter