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<h2> Cassini and Saturn's moons ephemeris at AMDA </h2>
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<li> Cassini/Titan/Enceladus Ephemeris are calculated by <b>Joseph Groene</b>
of University of Iowa based on CASSINI SPICE kernels.
All data are taken from <a href="http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbg/cas.html" TARGET=_BLANK>Joseph Groene site</a>
<li> Ephemeris are presented in geographic Saturn barycentric coordinates
and include
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<li> <b>Western Longitude_IAU,</b><br/>
based on the Voyager determination of the period of Saturn kilometric radiation
(SKR).<br/>
Seidelmann et al.:2002, "Report on the IAU/IAG Working Group
on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the
Planets and Satellites: 2000", CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND
DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY 82: 83-110, 2002.
<li> <b>Western Longitude_SLS3,</b><br/>
based on Cassini SKR measurements.<br/>
The SLS3 longitude system is only valid for time period:
<b>01.01.2004 - 10.08.2007.</b><br/>
<a href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2007JA012861.shtml" TARGET=_BLANK>Kurth et al. (2008)</a>, An update to a Saturnian longitude system based on
kilometric radio emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113,
Issue A5, CiteID A05222
<li> <b>Latitude</b>
<li><b>Local Time</b>
<li> <b>L-shell</b> (dipole) value
<li> <b>Radius</b>
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