Heliospheric coordinate systems

This article gives an overview and reference to the most common coordinate systems currently used in space science. While coordinate systems used in near-Earth space physics have been described in previous work we extend that description to systems used for physical observations of the Sun and the p...

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Published inPlanetary and space science Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 217 - 233
Main Authors Fränz, M., Harper, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2002
Subjects
Coordinate systems
Coordinate transformations
Orbital elements
Orbital elements
Coordinate systems
Coordinate transformations
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Summary:This article gives an overview and reference to the most common coordinate systems currently used in space science. While coordinate systems used in near-Earth space physics have been described in previous work we extend that description to systems used for physical observations of the Sun and the planets and to systems based on spacecraft location. For all systems, we define the corresponding transformation in terms of Eulerian rotation matrices. We also give first order Keplerian elements for planetary orbits and determine their precision for the period 1950–2050 and describe methods to improve that precision. We also determine the Keplerian orbital elements for most major interplanetary missions and discuss their precision. We also give reference to a large set of web-sources relevant to the subject.
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ISSN:0032-0633
1873-5088
DOI:10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00119-2