9 Standards and Gauges

Oral, Chaired by D. Merritt, Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 1:00-3:05pm

9.01 The IAU2000 Standards: The Newly Adopted Time, Coordinates, and Reference Frames.

E. M. Standish (JPL)

9.02 The Method of Variation of Constants and Multiple Time Scales in Orbital Mechanics

W.I. Newman (University of California), M. Efroimsky (U.S. Naval Observatory)

9.03 Gauge-invariant disturbing function in precessing frames of reference.

M. Efroimsky (US Naval Observatory), P. Goldreich (CalTech)

9.04 Gauge Drift in Numerical Integrations of the Lagrange Planetary Equations

M. A. Murison, M. Efroimsky (U.S. Naval Observatory)

9.05 Satellite Orbit Plane Perturbations Using an Efroimsky Gauge Velocity

V. J. Slabinski (Earth Orientation Dept., USNO)

9.06 Adventures in Coordinate Space

J.E. Chambers (NASA Ames/SETI Institute)