************************************************************************ IERS Message No. 169 July 30, 2010 ************************************************************************ 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. Gerard Petit and Brian Luzum IERS Conventions Center ************************************************************************ IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to . Archives: http://www.iers.org/Messages/ ************************************************************************