1999 DJ4 Planning


Background


1999 DJ4 was discovered by Spacewatch on October 23, 2001.  It will approach within 
0.0586 AU (23 lunar distances) on April 20, 2004.  Its absolute magnitude of 18.4 
suggests that it is within a factor of two of about 800 meters in diameter.  Binzel et al. 
(2004, submitted for publication) report that 1999 DJ4 is an Sq-type object.  
On 2004 April 8, Pravec et al. announced in IAU Circular #8316  that 1999 DJ4 is a
binary system with an orbital period of 17.72 hours.  Pravec et al. obtained a 
small lightcurve amplitude (~0.1 mag) for the primary, suggesting that its shape is approximately
spheroidal.  

1999 DJ4 will be a moderately strong Goldstone radar target.  We expect to image it with 
range resolutions up to about 75 m/pixel (0.5 usec).  This should be adequate to detect the
secondary. 
Due to its size and the proximity of its orbit to that of Earth, 2001 US16 has been 
classified as a "Potentially  Hazardous Asteroid" by the International 
Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

These will be combined Goldstone and Arecibo observations.  Arecibo observations are 
scheduled on April 14-17 and Goldstone observations are scheduled on April 23-24 when
the asteroid is too far south for Arecibo to track.

Orbital and Physical Characteristics
 orbit type              Apollo
 semimajor axis           1.851 AU     
 eccentricity             0.483        
 inclination              9.16°       
 perihelion distance      0.957 AU     
 aphelion distance        2.745 AU     
 absolute magnitude (H)  18.4
 diameter                unknown
 rotation period         
   primary                2.514 hours
   secondary             17.72 hours
 pole direction          unknown
 lightcurve amplitude    0.1 magnitudes (primary)
 spectral class          Sq (Binzel et al. 2004, submitted)      

Last updated: 2004 April 20


Discovery


Discovery Announcement

M.P.E.C. 1999-D21                                Issued 1999 Feb. 26, 17:03 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   1999 DJ4

Observations:
     J99D04J* C1999 02 24.35637 14 24 34.85 +20 03 37.2          17.6        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 24.36669 14 24 39.04 +20 03 15.7          17.4        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 24.37701 14 24 43.14 +20 02 53.3          17.8        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 24.38733 14 24 47.26 +20 02 32.1          17.6        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 24.39768 14 24 51.37 +20 02 09.6          17.8        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.02891 14 29 15.79 +19 38 31.4          16.5 R      046
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.02993 14 29 16.24 +19 38 27.8                      046
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.03078 14 29 16.61 +19 38 26.1                      046
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.03163 14 29 16.96 +19 38 24.2                      046
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.08304 14 29 38.02 +19 36 28.6          16.6 R      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.08752 14 29 39.85 +19 36 18.3                      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.08963 14 29 40.70 +19 36 13.6                      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.30639 14 31 14.03 +19 28 02.8          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.30820 14 31 14.80 +19 27 59.2          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.30993 14 31 15.39 +19 27 55.4          15.4 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.31161 14 31 16.14 +19 27 51.0          15.3 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.31341 14 31 16.97 +19 27 46.4          15.3 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37108 14 31 41.71 +19 25 26.8          17.2        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37242 14 31 42.18 +19 25 23.6          17.3        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37382 14 31 42.87 +19 25 21.0          17.0        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37521 14 31 43.41 +19 25 17.4                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37660 14 31 44.04 +19 25 14.1          17.7        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37799 14 31 44.64 +19 25 12.2                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.37939 14 31 45.14 +19 25 07.7                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38078 14 31 45.73 +19 25 03.7          17.4        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38217 14 31 46.31 +19 25 02.3          17.4        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38356 14 31 46.93 +19 24 58.1                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38496 14 31 47.49 +19 24 54.5          17.4        704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38635 14 31 48.11 +19 24 53.1                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38770 14 31 48.53 +19 24 47.5                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.38909 14 31 49.16 +19 24 42.4                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.39048 14 31 49.82 +19 24 41.3                      704
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.39890 14 31 52.06 +19 24 28.2          15.6 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.40066 14 31 52.79 +19 24 24.7          15.7 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.40243 14 31 53.62 +19 24 19.6          15.9 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.40447 14 31 54.41 +19 24 14.9          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.40623 14 31 55.07 +19 24 11.9          15.6 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.69809 14 34 02.49 +19 12 25.2          17.0 V      900
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.71283 14 34 08.70 +19 11 49.6                      900
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.91801 14 35 38.80 +19 03 12.5                      587
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.91972 14 35 39.60 +19 03 10.0                      587
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.92563 14 35 42.14 +19 02 55.6                      587
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.94873 14 35 51.94 +19 01 59.6          16.2 R      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.95009 14 35 52.51 +19 01 56.3                      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.95245 14 35 53.55 +19 01 50.3                      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.95741 14 35 55.71 +19 01 38.1                      118
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.97894 14 36 05.10 +19 00 47.9                      108
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.98079 14 36 06.18 +19 00 41.1                      108
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.98322 14 36 06.94 +19 00 38.6                      108
     J99D04J  C1999 02 25.99035 14 36 10.12 +19 00 20.8          16.8 V      108
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.34083 14 38 43.53 +18 45 55.9          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.34443 14 38 45.12 +18 45 46.1          15.8 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.34612 14 38 45.87 +18 45 42.3          15.7 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.34778 14 38 46.62 +18 45 37.7          15.7 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.39049 14 39 04.89 +18 43 48.5          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.39142 14 39 05.15 +18 43 47.1          15.5 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.39236 14 39 05.36 +18 43 45.1          15.7 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.39330 14 39 05.66 +18 43 42.9          15.7 R      758
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.39778 14 39 08.96 +18 43 19.7          16.5 V      713
     J99D04J  C1999 02 26.41565 14 39 16.59 +18 42 35.4          16.2 V      713

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
108 Montelupo.  Observers M. Tombelli, A. Boattini, L. Tesi, S. Bartolini,
    G. Forti.  Measurers M. Tombelli, A. Boattini, L. Tesi, D. Guidetti,
    G. Forti, E. Masotti.  0.30-m f/5.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
118 Modra.  Observers L. Kornos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, P. Ghezzi.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.
713 Thornton.  Observer R. A. Koff.  0.20-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
758 BCC Observatory, Cocoa.  Observer I. P. Griffin.  0.30-m f/5 Maksutov
    + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1999 DJ4                                                             PHA 0.030D
Epoch 1999 Feb. 11.0 TT = JDT 2451220.5                 Williams
M 335.12309              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40406931     Peri.  197.49123     -0.79525134     +0.60389610
a   1.8120304      Node    19.95043     -0.53573502     -0.65848094
e   0.4728430      Incl.    9.05676     -0.28383674     -0.44912399
P   2.44           H   17.7           G   0.15
From 53 observations 1999 Feb. 24-26.

Ephemeris:
1999 DJ4                 a,e,i = 1.81, 0.47, 9                   q = 0.9552
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 02 21    14 02.74   +21 48.9    0.222    1.130   124.7    46.0    16.4
1999 02 26    14 36.20   +19 00.4    0.193    1.101   120.8    50.5    16.2
1999 03 03    15 15.92   +14 47.9    0.169    1.074   115.3    56.5    16.0
1999 03 08    16 02.03   +08 54.7    0.152    1.049   108.1    64.0    16.0
1999 03 13    16 53.09   +01 32.5    0.143    1.027    99.4    72.7    16.1
1999 03 18    17 45.82   -06 20.5    0.143    1.007    90.6    81.2    16.3
1999 03 23    18 36.25   -13 26.2    0.152    0.990    83.1    88.1    16.7
1999 03 28    19 21.47   -18 57.2    0.168    0.976    77.7    92.7    17.1
1999 04 02    20 00.43   -22 50.0    0.189    0.965    74.3    94.8    17.4
1999 04 07    20 33.46   -25 23.7    0.213    0.959    72.5    95.2    17.7
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Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-D21


SNR Calculation


HMag:           18.0
Diameter:       0.79 km (Assumes an S-class optical albedo)
Period:         4 (an educated guess)

The SNR estimates below adopt RA, DEC, and delta at 00:00 UTC on each date; actual 
view periods may differ.

                           ------------GOLDSTONE----------  -------------ARECIBO-----------
                                            Max                              Max
                                    Dat     Run    UTC               Dat     Run    UTC
    Date   RA  Decl Delta  Runs     SNR     SNR   Window    Runs     SNR     SNR   Window
2004  4  9  94  33  0.084   246      46       3 19:06-30:48   40     741     135 20:36-22:30
2004  4 10  92  31  0.080   252      54       4 19:00-30:30   47     980     157 20:18-22:23
2004  4 11  90  29  0.077   257      64       4 18:53-30:11   53    1239     183 20:00-22:18
2004  4 12  88  27  0.074   262      75       5 18:48-29:53   59    1533     213 19:41-22:11
2004  4 13  86  24  0.071   267      88       6 18:41-29:30   64    1860     246 19:23-22:06
2004  4 14  83  21  0.068   270     102       7 18:36-29:11   67    2206     283 19:11-21:53
2004  4 15  81  18  0.065   272     117       8 18:30-28:48   70    2562     322 18:53-21:36
2004  4 16  78  15  0.063   272     132       9 18:23-28:23   70    2879     362 18:41-21:23
2004  4 17  76  11  0.061   271     146      10 18:18-28:00   68    3111     400 18:36-21:06
2004  4 18  73   7  0.060   267     156      11 18:18-27:36   62    3158     433 18:30-20:41
2004  4 19  70   3  0.059   260     162      11 18:11-27:11   50    2787     455 18:30-20:11
2004  4 20  67  -1  0.059   251     162      11 18:06-26:41   26    1530     317 18:41-19:23
2004  4 21  64  -5  0.059   240     156      11 18:06-26:11    0       0       0      -
2004  4 22  61  -9  0.059   226     144      11 18:06-25:41    0       0       0      -
2004  4 23  58 -13  0.060   210     128      10 18:06-25:11    0       0       0      -
2004  4 24  55 -17  0.061   193     110       9 18:06-24:36    0       0       0      -
2004  4 25  52 -20  0.063   175      91       8 18:06-24:00    0       0       0      -
2004  4 26  49 -24  0.065   157      74       7 18:11-23:23    0       0       0      -

Arecibo SNRs DO NOT reflect current system sensitivity (transmitter power ~700 kW).

Goldstone Track Assignments

              

      UT       UT                           Duration 
DOY  Date    TX Window   PDT TX Window      (hh:mm)  
---  ----    ---------   -------------      -------  
114 Apr 23   1805-1940   1105-1240           1:35
115 Apr 24   1820-2000   1120-1300           1:40


Scheduled Arecibo Tracks
------------------------
      UT       UT                                      Duration
DOY  Date    TX Window   PST TX Window  AST TX Window  (hh:mm)  
---  ----    ---------   -------------  -------------  -------- 
105 Apr 14   1856-2143   1156-1443      1456-1743       2:47
106 Apr 15   1844-2128   1144-1428      1444-1728       2:44
107 Apr 16   1834-2109   1134-1409      1434-1709       2:35
108 Apr 17   1826-2046   1126-1346      1426-1646       2:20

Arecibo images

April 14 horizontal collage
April 15 horizontal collage
April 16 horizontal collage

April 14 vertical collage
April 15 vertical collage
April 16 vertical collage


Sky Motion 

Uncertainties


From Horizons: 2004 April 1, JPL solution #71, # obs: 477 (1999-2004) 

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     R.A._(a-appar)_DEC.         delta POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig

 2004-Apr-09 00:00      94.19097  33.35047  0.0838906755 1.56955713       0.06       0.20      0.001024
 2004-Apr-10 00:00      92.26870  31.41156  0.0803297459 1.75269046       0.05       0.18      0.001004
 2004-Apr-11 00:00      90.24435  29.26484  0.0769230407 1.95673588       0.05       0.19      0.000979
 2004-Apr-12 00:00      88.11411  26.89064  0.0736985270 2.18203517       0.06       0.22      0.000949
 2004-Apr-13 00:00      85.87530  24.27109  0.0706875881 2.42767540       0.08       0.27      0.000912
 2004-Apr-14 00:00      83.52662  21.39222  0.0679249066 2.69090216       0.10       0.34      0.000870
 2004-Apr-15 00:00      81.06852  18.24671  0.0654479898 2.96649541       0.12       0.42      0.000820
 2004-Apr-16 00:00      78.50346  14.83716  0.0632961933 3.24626173       0.14       0.50      0.000764
 2004-Apr-17 00:00      75.83628  11.17950  0.0615091271 3.51888999       0.16       0.59      0.000701
 2004-Apr-18 00:00      73.07441   7.30576  0.0601244161 3.77046310       0.19       0.67      0.000633
 2004-Apr-19 00:00      70.22799   3.26522  0.0591749482 3.98583595       0.21       0.75      0.000563
 2004-Apr-20 00:00      67.30994  -0.87689  0.0586859566 4.15081767       0.23       0.83      0.000495
 2004-Apr-21 00:00      64.33575  -5.04382  0.0586724568 4.25469298       0.25       0.90      0.000436
 2004-Apr-22 00:00      61.32317  -9.15417  0.0591376114 4.29230036       0.27       0.96      0.000395
 2004-Apr-23 00:00      58.29165 -13.13001  0.0600724278 4.26491705       0.28       1.01      0.000377

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

From Jon Giorgini (2004 April 6):

   With 498 usable observations spanning 1999-Feb-24 to 2004-Apr-2,
1999 DJ4 solution #74 was computed. 3-sigma uncertainties are as
tabulated below.

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 -----------------     ----------  ---------  ---------  ------------
 2004-Apr-09 00:00     1.33171257       0.05       0.18      0.000921
 2004-Apr-10 00:00     1.48911679       0.05       0.17      0.000904
 2004-Apr-11 00:00     1.66498696       0.05       0.18      0.000883
 2004-Apr-12 00:00     1.85973950       0.06       0.22      0.000858
 2004-Apr-13 00:00     2.07272872       0.07       0.26      0.000828
 2004-Apr-14 00:00     2.30173423       0.09       0.32      0.000792
 2004-Apr-15 00:00     2.54240916       0.11       0.39      0.000750
 2004-Apr-16 00:00     2.78782044       0.13       0.46      0.000703
 2004-Apr-17 00:00     3.02829392       0.15       0.54      0.000649
 2004-Apr-18 00:00     3.25182149       0.17       0.61      0.000592



Close Approaches

Close-approach results (distance < 0.1 AU): Date (CT) Body CA Dist MinDist MaxDist Vrel TCA3Sg Nsigs P_i/p ---------------------- ----- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ------- A.D. 1399 Mar 16.55398 Earth .043280 .036683 .059599 9.922 7243.2 4.20E5 .000000 A.D. 1404 Apr 29.57827 Earth .095620 .084984 .108681 9.667 7376.5 3.91E5 .000000 A.D. 1467 Apr 09.25023 Earth .058199 .051388 .067117 9.201 6872.7 3.62E5 .000000 A.D. 1530 Apr 08.67887 Earth .056836 .052523 .061775 9.166 3808.8 3.60E5 .000000 A.D. 1588 Mar 30.64278 Earth .033195 .033132 .033268 9.676 192.40 3.63E5 .000000 A.D. 1651 Apr 17.64751 Earth .055164 .054784 .055547 9.133 291.64 3.50E5 .000000 A.D. 1709 Apr 24.18030 Earth .068638 .068324 .068954 9.187 260.21 3.96E5 .000000 A.D. 1762 Mar 21.09820 Earth .068334 .067947 .068721 11.057 88.83 4.79E5 .000000 A.D. 1767 May 07.36316 Earth .090023 .089854 .090192 9.270 139.29 4.14E5 .000000 A.D. 1825 Apr 13.26486 Earth .045115 .044903 .045328 9.240 145.04 3.45E5 .000000 A.D. 1878 Mar 27.22529 Earth .042840 .042692 .042988 10.425 47.48 3.54E5 .000000 A.D. 1883 May 12.94079 Earth .098620 .098534 .098707 9.305 69.87 4.27E5 .000000 A.D. 1941 Apr 03.99706 Earth .026324 .026324 .026324 9.748 2.17 3.10E5 .000000 A.D. 2004 Apr 20.53404 Earth .058646 .058646 .058646 9.070 0.32 4.16E5 .000000 A.D. 2057 Mar 22.02197 Earth .084555 .084548 .084561 11.718 1.25 3.80E5 .000000 A.D. 2062 May 04.98723 Earth .086451 .086449 .086453 9.076 1.90 4.40E5 .000000 A.D. 2120 Apr 28.66124 Earth .074238 .074229 .074247 8.999 6.82 3.92E5 .000000 A.D. 2173 Mar 22.62169 Earth .091830 .091788 .091871 12.028 6.54 3.34E5 .000000 A.D. 2178 May 05.49977 Earth .087256 .087241 .087270 9.062 12.61 4.40E5 .000000 A.D. 2236 Apr 19.34131 Earth .053094 .053039 .053149 9.147 31.34 3.14E5 .000000 A.D. 2289 Apr 07.34199 Earth .016837 .016774 .016904 9.781 80.57 1.84E5 .000000 A.D. 2337 Mar 28.41315 Earth .065652 .049719 .081592 11.448 2842.9 2.28E5 .000000

Setups

CW Setup for the first track

TX polarization           RCP
RCV polarization          LCP
Frequencies:              2
Dwell:                    20 seconds
Bandwidth:                4000 Hz 
Sampling interval:        2500 x 0.1 usec 
VME FFT for PSD files:    1024 for 3.906-Hz resolution


Possible ranging setups:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 10-usec single sample

baud            10 usec
code            127
gates           127
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            2
bandwidth       394 Hz   
resolution      6.15 Hz
TXOFF           +60 Hz -> echo will be centered at +9.75 bins or in bin 32+10 = 42
incoh sums      64 => 10.4 sec/record

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 11-usec single sample, 5.6-Hz resolution.

baud            11 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             1397
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            2
bandwidth       357.9 Hz   
resolution      5.59 Hz
TXOFF           TBD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 11-usec single sample, 11.2-Hz resolution

baud            11 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             1397
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            1
bandwidth       715.8 Hz   
resolution      11.2 Hz
TXOFF           +60 -> echo would be centered at +5 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 7-usec single sample
------------------------------
baud            7 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             889
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            1
bandwidth       1124.9 Hz   
resolution      17.6 Hz
TXOFF           +60 -> echo would be centered at +3.4 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 1-usec single sample
------------------------------
baud            1 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             127
FFT             64
CLT             13 & 14, about evenly divided
ncoh            15
bandwidth       525 Hz   
resolution      8.2 Hz
TXOFF           +50 -> echo would be centered at +6.1 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

0.125-usec ranging
------------------
setup           JX1XS001  
baud            0.125 usec
code            127
gates           127
FFT             64
ncoh            1968
bandwidth       32.008 Hz     
resolution      0.5001 Hz
TXOFF           6 Hz = 12 cells, => cell 44
incoh sums      4 looks=> 8 sec/record => expect records per run ~ RTT/8
CLT gate        34.8

_____________________________________________________________________
POSSIBLE RANGING SETUPS: (code=127, FFT=64, single-pol'n) 
   These are from JX, w/ max-band (min-acc) options from Ray Jurgens.
   Currently configured for 5-sec records.
_______________________________________________________________________
 Setup        Baud        RP         1-acc 1-acc      
            usec   m      usec        band   res    acc  band     res 
_______________________________________________________________________
 
JX1XS110  11.000 1650    1397.0      715.8  11.2      2   358     5.6
JX1XS070   7.000 1050     889.0     1124.9  17.6      3   375     5.9
                                                      
JX1XS020   2.000  300     254.0     3937.0  61.5     12   328     5.1
                                                      4   984    15.4 

JX1XS010   1.000  150     127.0     7874.0 123.0     41   192     3.0 
                                                      8   984    15.4 

JX1XS005   0.500   75      63.5    15748.0 246.1    123   128     2.0 
                                                     15  1050    16.4 

JX1XS002   0.250   37.5    31.75   31496.1 492.1    492    64     1.0
                                                     30  1050    16.4 
 
JX1XS001   0.125   18.75   15.875  62992.1 984.3   1970    32     0.5 
                                                     60  1050    16.4 
____________________________________________________________________


Instructions

NOTE: Data should be moved to the appropriate subdirectories in stealth:/export/data0/rosema/1999DJ4/raw/

1999 DJ4 POINTING:


   OSOD and initial predicts will be set-up at
Goldstone on stealth:

   /export/data2/osod/ops/1999dj4/PRDX.OUT.s??
                                 /PUNCH.OUT.s??
                                 /EPH.OUT.s??

 NOT AVAILABLE YET 

POINTING  
                                                  TX Offsets    
Date (UTC)   DOY  hhmmss    RA       Dec   Macro  LHA      Dec    RTT  OSOD

 NOT AVAILABLE YET 


PRDX.OUT.s?? TRANSMITTER: STATION #14, RECEIVER: STATION #14 RECEIVER U.T. RANGE DOPPLER LHA DEC RA EL NOT AVAILABLE YET

 

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