The latest IAU circular shows that Bill Gray is the co-calculator of the
orbits of the new satellites of Saturn. Way to go, Bill!

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Circular No. 7521
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138,
U.S.A.
IAUSUBS@... or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT@... (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ISSN 0081-0304


S/2000 S 5 AND S/2000 S 6
A team led by B. Gladman (cf. IAUC 7512) reports the discovery of two
more satellites of Saturn (selected CCD astrometry below). Separate
computations by the undersigned and by W. J. Gray (Bowdoinham, ME) indicate
i = 49 deg, e = 0.14, a = 0.074 AU and 47 deg, 0.38, 0.085 AU, respectively,
for the pair. S/2000 S 2 (cf. MPC 41527) has i = 48 deg, e = 0.46, a = 0.098
AU), whereas S/2000 S 1 and Saturn IX (Phoebe) have retrograde orbits (i =
173 deg. The orbits of S/2000 S 3 and S 4 are very indeterminate, and further
observations are urgently needed (cf. IAUC 7513).Snip.........

(C) Copyright 2000 CBAT
2000 November 18 (7521) Brian G. Marsden

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Bob Elliott
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