PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "2007-06-08 Maud Barthelemy" RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = TARGET TARGET_NAME = "SATURN" OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION TARGET_TYPE = "PLANET" PRIMARY_BODY_NAME = "SUN" ORBIT_DIRECTION = "PROGRADE" ROTATION_DIRECTION = "PROGRADE" TARGET_DESC = " TARGET PARAMETERS ================= A_AXIS_RADIUS : 60268.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 4. DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET B_AXIS_RADIUS : 60268.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 4. DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET BOND_ALBEDO : UNK C_AXIS_RADIUS : 54364.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 10. DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET FLATTENING : 0.009800 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 0.00016 DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET MAGNETIC_MOMENT : 4600000000000000000.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 0.11 TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1982 DATA_SOURCE_ID : MAGMOMENT-SATURN MASS : 568499999999999982677524480.0 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989 DATA_SOURCE_ID : PHYSICAL-PLANET MASS_DENSITY : 0.700000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989 DATA_SOURCE_ID : PHYSICAL-PLANET MINIMUM_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE : UNK MAXIMUM_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE : UNK MEAN_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE : UNK EQUATORIAL_RADIUS : 60268.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 4. DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET MEAN_RADIUS : 58232.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : 6. DATA_SOURCE_ID : RADIUS-PLANET SURFACE_GRAVITY : 11.200000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989 DATA_SOURCE_ID : SURFGRAV-PLANET REVOLUTION_PERIOD : 10728.100000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : REVPER-PLANET POLE_RIGHT_ASCENSION : 40.100000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ROTATION-PLANET POLE_DECLINATION : 83.500000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ROTATION-PLANET SIDEREAL_ROTATION_PERIOD : 0.430000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK DATA_SOURCE_ID : PHYSICAL-PLANET MEAN_SOLAR_DAY : 0.430000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK DATA_SOURCE_ID : MEANSOLARDAY-PLANET OBLIQUITY : 26.700000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK DATA_SOURCE_ID : PHYSICAL-PLANET ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY : 0.055000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ELEMENTS-PLANET ORBITAL_INCLINATION : 2.500000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ELEMENTS-PLANET ORBITAL_SEMIMAJOR_AXIS : 1424238900.000000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ORBSEMIMAJAX-PLANET ASCENDING_NODE_LONGITUDE : 113.700000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : ELEMENTS-PLANET PERIAPSIS_ARGUMENT_ANGLE : 338.500000 TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY : UNK TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH : 1989-02-03 DATA_SOURCE_ID : PERIARGANG-PLANET Data Source Descriptions ======================== ELEMENTS-PLANET The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E3. MAGMOMENT-PLANET C.T. RUSSELL, CH. 5 IN GEOMAGNETISM, VOL. 2 (ACADEMIC PRESS) MEANSOLARDAY-PLANET Derived from three other target constants catalog elements: REVOLUTION_PERIOD (RP), SIDEREAL_ROTATION_PERIOD (SRP), and ROTATION_DIRECTION_TYPE (RDT) as follows: If RDT = PROGRADE, then MSD = (RP * SRP)/(RP - SRP). If RDT = RETROGRADE, then MSD = (RP * SRP)/(RP + SRP). ORBSEMIMAJAX-PLANET Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, converting Mean Distance on page E3 to km using the value for Unit Distance found on page K6. PERIARGANG-PLANET Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac as LAN-LP, where LAN is the Ascending Node Longitude and LP is the Longitude of Perihelion, both from page E3. PHYSICAL-PLANET The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E88. The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page K6. RADIUS-PLANET Taken or derived from REPORT OF THE IAU WORKING GROUP ON CARTOGRAPHIC COORDINATES AND ROTATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETS AND SATELLITES, 1988 as follows: Given Mean Radius (MR), Equatorial Radius (ER), and Polar Radius (PR), then this catalog defines the following: A_AXIS_RADIUS = ER B_AXIS_RADIUS = ER C_AXIS_RADIUS = ER FLATTENING = (ER - PR)/ER REVPER-PLANET Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac as 360/n where n is the Daily Motion from page E3. ROTATION-PLANET The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E87. The Astronomical Almanac, 1989, page C3. SURFGRAV-PLANET Derived from data in THE 1989 ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC and the 1988 REPORT OF THE IAU WORKING GROUP ON CARTOGRAPHIC COORDINATES as (G * MASS)/(MR * MR) where MR is MEAN RADIUS from this catalog, MASS comes from page E88, and the gravitational constant, G, comes from page K6 " END_OBJECT = TARGET_INFORMATION END_OBJECT = TARGET END