****************************************************************************** dorismail 23-Jul-2010 16:27:27 Message No 0685 ****************************************************************************** Author: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Petit?= Subject: updated IERS Conventions Chapters 3, 5, 6 Author: Gérard Petit (IERS Conventions Center) Information on the updates to the IERS Conventions. The IERS Conventions Center informs of the following updates: Minor corrections have been brought to three chapters of the IERS Conventions on 23 July 2010: Chapter 3 "Conventional dynamical realization of the ICRS" see http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt_c3.html. Information added on the time argument of the JPL ephemerides. Chapter 5 "Transformation between the International Terrestrial Reference System and Geocentric Celestial Reference System" see http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt_c5.html. Corrections to the electronic tables 5.2a and 5.2b to make them consistent with the text. Chapter 6 "Geopotential" see http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt_c6.html. Coefficients modified in equations, now numbered 19, in section 6.5. Gérard Petit and Brian Luzum IERS Conventions Center Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr