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Realisation of a celestial system based on VLBI geodynamics programs

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The relative orientations of various VLBI celestial reference frames are evaluated on the basis of coordinate differences of common sources. It is shown that an accuracy better than 0.001″ can be achieved. Possible regional deformations in the different catalogues are investigated; they are found to reach a few 0.001″ in some restricted zones. The application of these studies to the realisation of a combined celestial reference frame consistent with the BIH Terrestrial System is outlined.

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  1. E. F. Arias

    Present address: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina and La Plata Observatory, Argentina

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  1. Bureau des Longitudes, 77, avenue Denfert- Rochereau, F-75014, Paris

    E. F. Arias

  2. Institut Géographique National, 2, avenue Pasteur, F-94160, St. Mandé

    C. Boucher

  3. Observatoire de Paris, Bureau International de l'Heure, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75014, Paris

    M. Feissel

  4. Bureau des Longitudes, 77, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, F-75014, Paris

    J. -F. Lestrade

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Arias, E.F., Boucher, C., Feissel, M. et al. Realisation of a celestial system based on VLBI geodynamics programs. Astrophys Space Sci 177, 187–192 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00643673

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