********************************************************************** * * * I E R S B U L L E T I N - A * * * * Rapid Service/Prediction of Earth Orientation * ********************************************************************** 9 March 2006 Vol. XIX No. 010 ______________________________________________________________________ GENERAL INFORMATION: To receive this information electronically, contact: ser7@maia.usno.navy.mil or use MJD = Julian Date - 2 400 000.5 days UT2-UT1 = 0.022 sin(2*pi*T) - 0.012 cos(2*pi*T) - 0.006 sin(4*pi*T) + 0.007 cos(4*pi*T) where pi = 3.14159265... and T is the date in Besselian years. TT = TAI + 32.184 seconds DUT1= (UT1-UTC) transmitted with time signals = +0.3 seconds beginning 01 January 2006 at 0000 UTC Beginning 1 January 2006: TAI-UTC(BIPM) = 33.000 000 seconds ********************************************************************** * >>> A positive leap second was introduced in UTC on <<< * * >>> 31 December 2005. <<< * * * * See notice at the end of this Bulletin A for more details. * ********************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ The contributed observations used in the preparation of this Bulletin are available at . The contributed analysis results are based on data from Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), and meteorological predictions of variations in Atmospheric Angular Momentum (AAM). ________________________________________________________________________ COMBINED EARTH ORIENTATION PARAMETERS: IERS Rapid Service MJD x error y error UT1-UTC error " " " " s s 6 3 3 53797 .07498 .00005 .38308 .00006 .295165 .000008 6 3 4 53798 .07689 .00005 .38307 .00006 .293594 .000008 6 3 5 53799 .07877 .00004 .38323 .00005 .292336 .000008 6 3 6 53800 .08002 .00003 .38335 .00004 .291409 .000008 6 3 7 53801 .08082 .00003 .38318 .00004 .290757 .000008 6 3 8 53802 .08126 .00002 .38273 .00003 .290274 .000010 6 3 9 53803 .08133 .00002 .38234 .00003 .289889 .000010 _______________________________________________________________________ PREDICTIONS: The following formulas will not reproduce the predictions given below, but may be used to extend the predictions beyond the end of this table. x = .0601 - .1693 cos A + .0021 sin A + .1844 cos C + .0281 sin C y = .3589 - .0022 cos A + .1578 sin A + .0281 cos C - .1844 sin C UT1-UTC = .2879 - .00040 (MJD - 53808) - (UT2-UT1) where A = 2*pi*(MJD-53803)/365.25 and C = 2*pi*(MJD-53803)/435. TAI-UTC(MJD 53804) = 33.0 The accuracy may be estimated from the expressions: S x,y = 0.00068 (MJD-53803)**0.80 S t = 0.00025 (MJD-53803)**0.75 Estimated accuracies are: Predictions 10 d 20 d 30 d 40 d Polar coord's 0.004 0.007 0.010 0.013 UT1-UTC 0.0014 0.0024 0.0032 0.0040 MJD x(arcsec) y(arcsec) UT1-UTC(sec) 2006 3 10 53804 0.0813 0.3821 0.28951 2006 3 11 53805 0.0813 0.3820 0.28900 2006 3 12 53806 0.0815 0.3819 0.28831 2006 3 13 53807 0.0817 0.3818 0.28747 2006 3 14 53808 0.0820 0.3817 0.28649 2006 3 15 53809 0.0823 0.3817 0.28538 2006 3 16 53810 0.0827 0.3817 0.28419 2006 3 17 53811 0.0831 0.3816 0.28299 2006 3 18 53812 0.0836 0.3816 0.28181 2006 3 19 53813 0.0841 0.3816 0.28068 2006 3 20 53814 0.0846 0.3815 0.27968 2006 3 21 53815 0.0851 0.3815 0.27883 2006 3 22 53816 0.0857 0.3814 0.27811 2006 3 23 53817 0.0863 0.3813 0.27746 2006 3 24 53818 0.0869 0.3813 0.27678 2006 3 25 53819 0.0875 0.3812 0.27590 2006 3 26 53820 0.0881 0.3811 0.27471 2006 3 27 53821 0.0888 0.3810 0.27318 2006 3 28 53822 0.0894 0.3809 0.27136 2006 3 29 53823 0.0901 0.3808 0.26939 2006 3 30 53824 0.0907 0.3807 0.26744 2006 3 31 53825 0.0914 0.3805 0.26569 2006 4 1 53826 0.0920 0.3804 0.26425 2006 4 2 53827 0.0927 0.3803 0.26314 2006 4 3 53828 0.0933 0.3801 0.26229 2006 4 4 53829 0.0940 0.3799 0.26160 2006 4 5 53830 0.0946 0.3797 0.26097 2006 4 6 53831 0.0953 0.3796 0.26029 2006 4 7 53832 0.0959 0.3794 0.25949 2006 4 8 53833 0.0965 0.3792 0.25855 2006 4 9 53834 0.0972 0.3789 0.25745 2006 4 10 53835 0.0978 0.3787 0.25623 2006 4 11 53836 0.0985 0.3785 0.25490 2006 4 12 53837 0.0991 0.3782 0.25353 2006 4 13 53838 0.0997 0.3780 0.25219 2006 4 14 53839 0.1003 0.3777 0.25094 2006 4 15 53840 0.1010 0.3774 0.24985 2006 4 16 53841 0.1016 0.3772 0.24896 2006 4 17 53842 0.1022 0.3769 0.24828 2006 4 18 53843 0.1028 0.3765 0.24778 2006 4 19 53844 0.1034 0.3762 0.24739 2006 4 20 53845 0.1040 0.3759 0.24700 2006 4 21 53846 0.1046 0.3756 0.24647 2006 4 22 53847 0.1052 0.3752 0.24570 2006 4 23 53848 0.1057 0.3748 0.24463 2006 4 24 53849 0.1063 0.3745 0.24326 2006 4 25 53850 0.1069 0.3741 0.24169 2006 4 26 53851 0.1075 0.3737 0.24007 2006 4 27 53852 0.1080 0.3733 0.23859 2006 4 28 53853 0.1086 0.3729 0.23739 2006 4 29 53854 0.1091 0.3724 0.23653 2006 4 30 53855 0.1097 0.3720 0.23599 2006 5 1 53856 0.1102 0.3715 0.23568 2006 5 2 53857 0.1108 0.3711 0.23550 2006 5 3 53858 0.1113 0.3706 0.23533 2006 5 4 53859 0.1118 0.3701 0.23509 2006 5 5 53860 0.1123 0.3696 0.23471 2006 5 6 53861 0.1129 0.3691 0.23419 2006 5 7 53862 0.1134 0.3686 0.23351 2006 5 8 53863 0.1139 0.3680 0.23272 2006 5 9 53864 0.1144 0.3675 0.23185 2006 5 10 53865 0.1148 0.3669 0.23098 2006 5 11 53866 0.1153 0.3664 0.23016 2006 5 12 53867 0.1158 0.3658 0.22948 2006 5 13 53868 0.1163 0.3652 0.22899 2006 5 14 53869 0.1167 0.3646 0.22870 2006 5 15 53870 0.1172 0.3639 0.22861 2006 5 16 53871 0.1176 0.3633 0.22865 2006 5 17 53872 0.1181 0.3626 0.22871 2006 5 18 53873 0.1186 0.3620 0.22869 2006 5 19 53874 0.1190 0.3613 0.22848 2006 5 20 53875 0.1194 0.3606 0.22800 2006 5 21 53876 0.1199 0.3599 0.22727 2006 5 22 53877 0.1203 0.3592 0.22634 2006 5 23 53878 0.1206 0.3585 0.22534 2006 5 24 53879 0.1210 0.3577 0.22443 2006 5 25 53880 0.1214 0.3570 0.22375 2006 5 26 53881 0.1218 0.3562 0.22336 2006 5 27 53882 0.1221 0.3555 0.22330 2006 5 28 53883 0.1225 0.3547 0.22351 2006 5 29 53884 0.1228 0.3539 0.22387 2006 5 30 53885 0.1232 0.3531 0.22429 2006 5 31 53886 0.1235 0.3522 0.22466 2006 6 1 53887 0.1238 0.3514 0.22491 2006 6 2 53888 0.1241 0.3505 0.22502 2006 6 3 53889 0.1244 0.3497 0.22499 2006 6 4 53890 0.1247 0.3488 0.22483 2006 6 5 53891 0.1250 0.3479 0.22460 2006 6 6 53892 0.1253 0.3470 0.22435 2006 6 7 53893 0.1255 0.3461 0.22415 2006 6 8 53894 0.1258 0.3452 0.22405 2006 6 9 53895 0.1260 0.3442 0.22413 2006 6 10 53896 0.1263 0.3433 0.22440 2006 6 11 53897 0.1265 0.3423 0.22486 2006 6 12 53898 0.1267 0.3414 0.22548 2006 6 13 53899 0.1269 0.3404 0.22614 2006 6 14 53900 0.1271 0.3394 0.22674 2006 6 15 53901 0.1272 0.3384 0.22714 2006 6 16 53902 0.1274 0.3374 0.22728 2006 6 17 53903 0.1275 0.3363 0.22716 2006 6 18 53904 0.1277 0.3353 0.22684 2006 6 19 53905 0.1278 0.3343 0.22644 2006 6 20 53906 0.1279 0.3332 0.22611 2006 6 21 53907 0.1280 0.3321 0.22597 2006 6 22 53908 0.1281 0.3311 0.22611 2006 6 23 53909 0.1281 0.3300 0.22649 2006 6 24 53910 0.1282 0.3289 0.22713 2006 6 25 53911 0.1282 0.3278 0.22794 2006 6 26 53912 0.1283 0.3267 0.22882 2006 6 27 53913 0.1283 0.3256 0.22966 2006 6 28 53914 0.1283 0.3244 0.23040 2006 6 29 53915 0.1282 0.3233 0.23098 2006 6 30 53916 0.1282 0.3221 0.23140 2006 7 1 53917 0.1281 0.3210 0.23168 2006 7 2 53918 0.1281 0.3198 0.23186 2006 7 3 53919 0.1280 0.3187 0.23200 2006 7 4 53920 0.1279 0.3175 0.23216 2006 7 5 53921 0.1278 0.3163 0.23240 2006 7 6 53922 0.1276 0.3151 0.23279 2006 7 7 53923 0.1275 0.3140 0.23334 2006 7 8 53924 0.1273 0.3128 0.23409 2006 7 9 53925 0.1271 0.3116 0.23499 2006 7 10 53926 0.1269 0.3104 0.23597 2006 7 11 53927 0.1267 0.3092 0.23690 2006 7 12 53928 0.1265 0.3080 0.23765 2006 7 13 53929 0.1262 0.3067 0.23813 2006 7 14 53930 0.1259 0.3055 0.23830 2006 7 15 53931 0.1256 0.3043 0.23822 2006 7 16 53932 0.1253 0.3031 0.23801 2006 7 17 53933 0.1249 0.3019 0.23784 2006 7 18 53934 0.1246 0.3006 0.23784 2006 7 19 53935 0.1242 0.2994 0.23810 2006 7 20 53936 0.1238 0.2982 0.23866 2006 7 21 53937 0.1234 0.2970 0.23947 2006 7 22 53938 0.1229 0.2957 0.24046 2006 7 23 53939 0.1225 0.2945 0.24152 2006 7 24 53940 0.1220 0.2933 0.24256 2006 7 25 53941 0.1215 0.2921 0.24349 2006 7 26 53942 0.1209 0.2908 0.24426 2006 7 27 53943 0.1204 0.2896 0.24485 2006 7 28 53944 0.1198 0.2884 0.24528 2006 7 29 53945 0.1192 0.2872 0.24557 2006 7 30 53946 0.1186 0.2860 0.24580 2006 7 31 53947 0.1179 0.2848 0.24603 2006 8 1 53948 0.1173 0.2836 0.24631 2006 8 2 53949 0.1166 0.2824 0.24670 2006 8 3 53950 0.1159 0.2812 0.24725 2006 8 4 53951 0.1151 0.2800 0.24796 2006 8 5 53952 0.1143 0.2789 0.24882 2006 8 6 53953 0.1136 0.2777 0.24977 2006 8 7 53954 0.1127 0.2765 0.25072 2006 8 8 53955 0.1119 0.2754 0.25152 2006 8 9 53956 0.1110 0.2742 0.25204 2006 8 10 53957 0.1102 0.2731 0.25222 2006 8 11 53958 0.1092 0.2720 0.25208 2006 8 12 53959 0.1083 0.2709 0.25172 2006 8 13 53960 0.1073 0.2698 0.25132 2006 8 14 53961 0.1063 0.2687 0.25106 2006 8 15 53962 0.1053 0.2676 0.25106 2006 8 16 53963 0.1043 0.2665 0.25137 2006 8 17 53964 0.1032 0.2655 0.25196 2006 8 18 53965 0.1021 0.2644 0.25275 2006 8 19 53966 0.1010 0.2634 0.25361 2006 8 20 53967 0.0999 0.2624 0.25446 2006 8 21 53968 0.0987 0.2614 0.25521 2006 8 22 53969 0.0975 0.2604 0.25579 2006 8 23 53970 0.0963 0.2594 0.25618 2006 8 24 53971 0.0950 0.2585 0.25638 2006 8 25 53972 0.0938 0.2576 0.25644 2006 8 26 53973 0.0925 0.2566 0.25639 2006 8 27 53974 0.0911 0.2557 0.25631 2006 8 28 53975 0.0898 0.2549 0.25627 2006 8 29 53976 0.0884 0.2540 0.25633 2006 8 30 53977 0.0870 0.2532 0.25652 2006 8 31 53978 0.0856 0.2523 0.25687 2006 9 1 53979 0.0841 0.2515 0.25737 2006 9 2 53980 0.0827 0.2508 0.25799 2006 9 3 53981 0.0812 0.2500 0.25863 2006 9 4 53982 0.0796 0.2493 0.25919 2006 9 5 53983 0.0781 0.2485 0.25954 2006 9 6 53984 0.0765 0.2478 0.25957 2006 9 7 53985 0.0749 0.2472 0.25925 2006 9 8 53986 0.0733 0.2465 0.25865 2006 9 9 53987 0.0717 0.2459 0.25794 2006 9 10 53988 0.0700 0.2453 0.25731 2006 9 11 53989 0.0683 0.2447 0.25693 2006 9 12 53990 0.0666 0.2442 0.25689 2006 9 13 53991 0.0648 0.2437 0.25720 2006 9 14 53992 0.0631 0.2432 0.25775 2006 9 15 53993 0.0613 0.2427 0.25842 2006 9 16 53994 0.0595 0.2422 0.25907 2006 9 17 53995 0.0578 0.2418 0.25960 2006 9 18 53996 0.0560 0.2414 0.25994 2006 9 19 53997 0.0542 0.2411 0.26004 2006 9 20 53998 0.0523 0.2407 0.25992 2006 9 21 53999 0.0505 0.2404 0.25959 2006 9 22 54000 0.0486 0.2401 0.25912 2006 9 23 54001 0.0467 0.2399 0.25860 2006 9 24 54002 0.0448 0.2396 0.25810 2006 9 25 54003 0.0429 0.2395 0.25771 2006 9 26 54004 0.0409 0.2393 0.25748 2006 9 27 54005 0.0390 0.2392 0.25744 2006 9 28 54006 0.0370 0.2391 0.25758 2006 9 29 54007 0.0350 0.2390 0.25786 2006 9 30 54008 0.0330 0.2390 0.25818 2006 10 1 54009 0.0309 0.2390 0.25843 2006 10 2 54010 0.0289 0.2390 0.25846 2006 10 3 54011 0.0268 0.2390 0.25815 2006 10 4 54012 0.0248 0.2391 0.25744 2006 10 5 54013 0.0227 0.2393 0.25635 2006 10 6 54014 0.0206 0.2394 0.25500 2006 10 7 54015 0.0185 0.2396 0.25357 2006 10 8 54016 0.0163 0.2398 0.25226 2006 10 9 54017 0.0142 0.2401 0.25122 2006 10 10 54018 0.0121 0.2404 0.25047 2006 10 11 54019 0.0099 0.2407 0.25000 2006 10 12 54020 0.0078 0.2411 0.24971 2006 10 13 54021 0.0056 0.2415 0.24942 2006 10 14 54022 0.0034 0.2419 0.24904 2006 10 15 54023 0.0013 0.2424 0.24849 2006 10 16 54024 -0.0009 0.2429 0.24773 2006 10 17 54025 -0.0031 0.2434 0.24678 2006 10 18 54026 -0.0053 0.2440 0.24572 2006 10 19 54027 -0.0075 0.2446 0.24458 2006 10 20 54028 -0.0097 0.2452 0.24344 2006 10 21 54029 -0.0119 0.2459 0.24236 2006 10 22 54030 -0.0141 0.2466 0.24138 2006 10 23 54031 -0.0163 0.2473 0.24049 2006 10 24 54032 -0.0185 0.2481 0.23971 2006 10 25 54033 -0.0207 0.2489 0.23907 2006 10 26 54034 -0.0229 0.2498 0.23857 2006 10 27 54035 -0.0251 0.2507 0.23816 2006 10 28 54036 -0.0273 0.2516 0.23772 2006 10 29 54037 -0.0295 0.2525 0.23721 2006 10 30 54038 -0.0317 0.2535 0.23650 2006 10 31 54039 -0.0338 0.2545 0.23553 2006 11 1 54040 -0.0360 0.2556 0.23428 2006 11 2 54041 -0.0382 0.2567 0.23283 2006 11 3 54042 -0.0403 0.2578 0.23133 2006 11 4 54043 -0.0425 0.2590 0.22994 2006 11 5 54044 -0.0446 0.2602 0.22885 2006 11 6 54045 -0.0467 0.2614 0.22803 2006 11 7 54046 -0.0488 0.2627 0.22754 2006 11 8 54047 -0.0509 0.2640 0.22733 2006 11 9 54048 -0.0530 0.2653 0.22724 2006 11 10 54049 -0.0551 0.2666 0.22712 2006 11 11 54050 -0.0572 0.2680 0.22691 2006 11 12 54051 -0.0592 0.2695 0.22654 2006 11 13 54052 -0.0612 0.2709 0.22596 2006 11 14 54053 -0.0632 0.2724 0.22524 2006 11 15 54054 -0.0652 0.2739 0.22440 2006 11 16 54055 -0.0672 0.2755 0.22354 2006 11 17 54056 -0.0691 0.2771 0.22272 2006 11 18 54057 -0.0711 0.2787 0.22195 2006 11 19 54058 -0.0730 0.2803 0.22130 2006 11 20 54059 -0.0748 0.2820 0.22088 2006 11 21 54060 -0.0767 0.2837 0.22068 2006 11 22 54061 -0.0785 0.2855 0.22069 2006 11 23 54062 -0.0803 0.2872 0.22082 2006 11 24 54063 -0.0821 0.2890 0.22094 2006 11 25 54064 -0.0839 0.2908 0.22092 2006 11 26 54065 -0.0856 0.2927 0.22071 2006 11 27 54066 -0.0873 0.2946 0.22023 2006 11 28 54067 -0.0890 0.2965 0.21948 2006 11 29 54068 -0.0906 0.2984 0.21845 2006 11 30 54069 -0.0922 0.3003 0.21721 2006 12 1 54070 -0.0938 0.3023 0.21589 2006 12 2 54071 -0.0954 0.3043 0.21473 2006 12 3 54072 -0.0969 0.3064 0.21384 2006 12 4 54073 -0.0984 0.3084 0.21329 2006 12 5 54074 -0.0998 0.3105 0.21304 2006 12 6 54075 -0.1012 0.3126 0.21295 2006 12 7 54076 -0.1026 0.3147 0.21292 2006 12 8 54077 -0.1040 0.3169 0.21281 2006 12 9 54078 -0.1053 0.3191 0.21254 2006 12 10 54079 -0.1066 0.3213 0.21213 2006 12 11 54080 -0.1078 0.3235 0.21162 2006 12 12 54081 -0.1090 0.3257 0.21104 2006 12 13 54082 -0.1101 0.3280 0.21042 2006 12 14 54083 -0.1113 0.3302 0.20979 2006 12 15 54084 -0.1123 0.3325 0.20918 2006 12 16 54085 -0.1134 0.3348 0.20866 2006 12 17 54086 -0.1144 0.3372 0.20832 2006 12 18 54087 -0.1153 0.3395 0.20818 2006 12 19 54088 -0.1162 0.3419 0.20818 2006 12 20 54089 -0.1171 0.3442 0.20829 2006 12 21 54090 -0.1179 0.3466 0.20847 2006 12 22 54091 -0.1187 0.3490 0.20862 2006 12 23 54092 -0.1194 0.3514 0.20865 2006 12 24 54093 -0.1201 0.3539 0.20841 2006 12 25 54094 -0.1208 0.3563 0.20785 2006 12 26 54095 -0.1214 0.3588 0.20710 2006 12 27 54096 -0.1220 0.3613 0.20627 2006 12 28 54097 -0.1225 0.3637 0.20545 2006 12 29 54098 -0.1229 0.3662 0.20478 2006 12 30 54099 -0.1233 0.3687 0.20436 2006 12 31 54100 -0.1237 0.3712 0.20424 2007 1 1 54101 -0.1240 0.3737 0.20435 2007 1 2 54102 -0.1243 0.3763 0.20457 2007 1 3 54103 -0.1246 0.3788 0.20478 2007 1 4 54104 -0.1247 0.3813 0.20488 2007 1 5 54105 -0.1249 0.3839 0.20482 2007 1 6 54106 -0.1250 0.3864 0.20459 2007 1 7 54107 -0.1250 0.3890 0.20413 2007 1 8 54108 -0.1250 0.3915 0.20353 2007 1 9 54109 -0.1249 0.3941 0.20282 2007 1 10 54110 -0.1248 0.3966 0.20202 2007 1 11 54111 -0.1247 0.3992 0.20126 2007 1 12 54112 -0.1245 0.4018 0.20061 2007 1 13 54113 -0.1242 0.4043 0.20011 2007 1 14 54114 -0.1239 0.4069 0.19974 2007 1 15 54115 -0.1235 0.4095 0.19955 2007 1 16 54116 -0.1231 0.4120 0.19949 2007 1 17 54117 -0.1227 0.4146 0.19951 2007 1 18 54118 -0.1222 0.4171 0.19952 2007 1 19 54119 -0.1216 0.4197 0.19941 2007 1 20 54120 -0.1210 0.4222 0.19912 2007 1 21 54121 -0.1204 0.4248 0.19853 2007 1 22 54122 -0.1197 0.4273 0.19764 2007 1 23 54123 -0.1190 0.4298 0.19655 2007 1 24 54124 -0.1182 0.4324 0.19543 2007 1 25 54125 -0.1173 0.4349 0.19442 2007 1 26 54126 -0.1164 0.4374 0.19365 2007 1 27 54127 -0.1155 0.4399 0.19313 2007 1 28 54128 -0.1145 0.4424 0.19292 2007 1 29 54129 -0.1135 0.4448 0.19285 2007 1 30 54130 -0.1124 0.4473 0.19283 2007 1 31 54131 -0.1113 0.4498 0.19276 2007 2 1 54132 -0.1101 0.4522 0.19261 2007 2 2 54133 -0.1089 0.4546 0.19233 2007 2 3 54134 -0.1076 0.4570 0.19192 2007 2 4 54135 -0.1063 0.4594 0.19134 2007 2 5 54136 -0.1049 0.4618 0.19065 2007 2 6 54137 -0.1035 0.4642 0.18991 2007 2 7 54138 -0.1020 0.4665 0.18918 2007 2 8 54139 -0.1005 0.4689 0.18855 2007 2 9 54140 -0.0990 0.4712 0.18807 2007 2 10 54141 -0.0974 0.4735 0.18781 2007 2 11 54142 -0.0958 0.4758 0.18778 2007 2 12 54143 -0.0941 0.4780 0.18798 2007 2 13 54144 -0.0924 0.4803 0.18838 2007 2 14 54145 -0.0906 0.4825 0.18881 2007 2 15 54146 -0.0888 0.4847 0.18915 2007 2 16 54147 -0.0870 0.4869 0.18919 2007 2 17 54148 -0.0851 0.4890 0.18888 2007 2 18 54149 -0.0832 0.4912 0.18831 2007 2 19 54150 -0.0812 0.4933 0.18752 2007 2 20 54151 -0.0792 0.4954 0.18659 2007 2 21 54152 -0.0772 0.4974 0.18567 2007 2 22 54153 -0.0751 0.4995 0.18500 2007 2 23 54154 -0.0730 0.5015 0.18467 2007 2 24 54155 -0.0708 0.5034 0.18469 2007 2 25 54156 -0.0686 0.5054 0.18492 2007 2 26 54157 -0.0664 0.5073 0.18523 2007 2 27 54158 -0.0641 0.5092 0.18548 2007 2 28 54159 -0.0618 0.5111 0.18561 2007 3 1 54160 -0.0595 0.5129 0.18556 2007 3 2 54161 -0.0571 0.5147 0.18530 2007 3 3 54162 -0.0547 0.5165 0.18484 2007 3 4 54163 -0.0523 0.5183 0.18425 2007 3 5 54164 -0.0498 0.5200 0.18362 2007 3 6 54165 -0.0473 0.5217 0.18305 2007 3 7 54166 -0.0448 0.5233 0.18259 2007 3 8 54167 -0.0422 0.5249 0.18222 2007 3 9 54168 -0.0397 0.5265 0.18198 These predictions are based on all announced leap seconds. CELESTIAL POLE OFFSET SERIES: NEOS Celestial Pole Offset Series MJD dpsi error deps error (msec. of arc) 53784 -55.50 .16 -2.58 .34 53785 -55.69 .14 -2.86 .34 53786 -55.85 .14 -3.28 .34 53787 -55.83 .74 -3.63 .14 53788 -55.73 .74 -3.71 .12 53789 -55.81 .74 -3.62 .12 53790 -56.11 .74 -3.67 .12 IAU2000A Celestial Pole Offset Series MJD dX error dY error (msec. of arc) 53784 0.073 0.064 -0.390 0.340 53785 0.065 0.056 -0.420 0.340 53786 0.080 0.056 -0.442 0.340 53787 0.113 0.294 -0.430 0.140 53788 0.125 0.294 -0.412 0.120 53789 0.116 0.294 -0.436 0.120 53790 0.129 0.294 -0.493 0.120 The IERS Conventions recommended software to predict celestial pole offsets is available at ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/conventions/chapter5/ ceppred.f and software for the calculation of the dX and dY with respect to IAU2000A Nutation/Precession Theory can be found at the web site in section chapter 5. ************************************************************************** Important Notices - Important Notices - Important Notices ************************************************************************** A positive leap second was introduced in UTC on 31 December 2005. The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 59s 2005 December 31, 23h 59m 60s 2006 January 1, 0h 0m 0s The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time (TAI) is: from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2006 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 32s from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 33s ************************************************************************** Important Notice - IAU 2000 Resolution Compliancy Information ************************************************************************** Resolutions passed at the 24th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) recommend the implementation of a number of new procedures concerning the transformation between the celestial and terrestrial reference systems. Information regarding these procedures is available in Chapter 5 of the IERS Conventions 2003 available at . With these resolutions, beginning on 1 January 2003, IERS Bulletins A and B will publish new products in addition to those already published. These products will include the celestial pole offsets X_obs-X_IAU2000A and Y_obs-Y_IAU2000A where X_obs and Y_obs are the observed X, Y coordinates of the Celestial Intermediate Pole in the Geocentric Celestial Reference System, and X_IAU2000A and Y_IAU2000A are the celestial pole coordinates provided by using the IAU2000A Precession-Nutation theory. It is expected that Celestial Pole offsets related to the IAU1980 Nutation Theory will continue to be published through 15 January 2006. The new celestial pole offsets related to the new IAU2000A Precession-Nutation theory will be produced in a separate data file as well as appended to to this file. ************************************************************************** Important Notice - IAU 2000 Resolution Compliancy Information **************************************************************************