KPL/PCK Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- RSOC Solution =========================================================================== Version and Date -------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.3 -- June 14, 2012 -- J. Vazquez, SRE-OSR/ESA BODY1000012_LONG_AXIS keyword (deprecated) removed. Version 0.2 -- June 4, 2012 -- B. Grieger, SRE-OSR/ESA Version 0.1 -- January 26, 2011 -- M. Kueppers, SRE-OSR/ESA Corrected spin axis direction. Version 0.0 -- September 9, 2010 -- J. Vazquez, PSA, SRE-OS/ESA Organization -------------------------------------------------------- The sections of this file are as follows. Introductory Information: -- Version description -- Disclaimer -- Sources Pck Data: -- Orientation constants for Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- Radii for Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Version description -------------------------------------------------------- This is a PCK containing values for the pole orientation, rotation period and shape obtained from [2] and [3]. Disclaimer -------------------------------------------------------- This constants file may not contain the parameter values that you prefer. Note that this file may be readily modified by you or anyone else. PSA suggests that you inspect this file visually before proceeding with any critical or extended data processing. PSA requests that you update the version section if you modify the file. Sources -------------------------------------------------------- The sources for the constants listed in this file are: 1) ESA Science and Technology Server, Rosetta area, http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm? fobjectid=34849 2) Technical note RO-ESC-TN-5566 Orientation constants for Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ------------------------------------------------------ The direction of the rotation axis and the rotation period are based on as of 2012-Mar-30. The phase of the rotation is chosen so that at the reference time 2014-08-07T12:00:00 TDB the axis of the rotation from J2000 to the comet fixed frame is prependicular to the z-axis. \begindata BODY1000012_POLE_RA = ( 220.0 0.0 0.0 ) BODY1000012_POLE_DEC = ( -70.0 0.0 0.0 ) BODY1000012_PM = ( -86.369364827 679.245283019 0.0 ) \begintext An ellipsoid of the same volume as the polyhedron shape model was fitted to the shape model. The optimisation criterion was maximum common volume. The smallest radius of the ellipsoid was restricted to be along the z-axis. \begindata BODY1000012_RADII = ( 2.398 1.887 1.532 ) \begintext In order to use the ellipsoid shape model with correct orientation relative to the polyhedron shape model, an auxiliary frame with appropriate rotation relative to the body fixed frame is needed. Such a frame named 67P/C-G_ELLIPSOID is provided in the kernel ROS_CGS_AUX_V01.TF. E.g., in calls to SINCPT, the name 67P/C-G_ELLIPSOID has to be passed as body-fixed, body-centered target body frame.