********************************************************************** * * * I E R S B U L L E T I N - A * * * * Rapid Service/Prediction of Earth Orientation * ********************************************************************** 29 June 2006 Vol. XIX No. 026 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 = +0.2 seconds beginning 27 April 2006 at 0000 UTC Beginning 1 January 2006: TAI-UTC(BIPM) = 33.000 000 seconds ********************************************************************** * No leap second will be introduced into UTC on June 30, 2006. * * Last positive leap second was introduced in UTC on 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 6 23 53909 .12493 .00003 .30917 .00005 .196220 .000012 6 6 24 53910 .12481 .00003 .30816 .00004 .196130 .000012 6 6 25 53911 .12517 .00002 .30696 .00004 .196220 .000012 6 6 26 53912 .12562 .00002 .30575 .00003 .196321 .000013 6 6 27 53913 .12595 .00002 .30459 .00003 .196310 .000013 6 6 28 53914 .12623 .00002 .30348 .00003 .196163 .000012 6 6 29 53915 .12668 .00002 .30227 .00003 .195814 .000008 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 = .0547 + .0762 cos A + .1481 sin A + .0002 cos C - .1912 sin C y = .3555 + .1395 cos A - .0683 sin A - .1912 cos C - .0002 sin C UT1-UTC = .1871 - .00051 (MJD - 53920) - (UT2-UT1) where A = 2*pi*(MJD-53915)/365.25 and C = 2*pi*(MJD-53915)/435. TAI-UTC(MJD 53916) = 33.0 The accuracy may be estimated from the expressions: S x,y = 0.00068 (MJD-53915)**0.80 S t = 0.00025 (MJD-53915)**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 6 30 53916 0.1272 0.3010 0.19524 2006 7 1 53917 0.1275 0.2998 0.19446 2006 7 2 53918 0.1277 0.2986 0.19350 2006 7 3 53919 0.1279 0.2975 0.19246 2006 7 4 53920 0.1279 0.2963 0.19144 2006 7 5 53921 0.1279 0.2952 0.19051 2006 7 6 53922 0.1278 0.2942 0.18976 2006 7 7 53923 0.1276 0.2931 0.18926 2006 7 8 53924 0.1274 0.2920 0.18903 2006 7 9 53925 0.1270 0.2909 0.18902 2006 7 10 53926 0.1267 0.2899 0.18915 2006 7 11 53927 0.1263 0.2888 0.18931 2006 7 12 53928 0.1258 0.2877 0.18936 2006 7 13 53929 0.1253 0.2867 0.18920 2006 7 14 53930 0.1248 0.2856 0.18881 2006 7 15 53931 0.1242 0.2845 0.18822 2006 7 16 53932 0.1236 0.2835 0.18755 2006 7 17 53933 0.1229 0.2824 0.18693 2006 7 18 53934 0.1223 0.2813 0.18650 2006 7 19 53935 0.1216 0.2803 0.18633 2006 7 20 53936 0.1208 0.2792 0.18644 2006 7 21 53937 0.1201 0.2782 0.18680 2006 7 22 53938 0.1193 0.2771 0.18732 2006 7 23 53939 0.1185 0.2761 0.18790 2006 7 24 53940 0.1177 0.2750 0.18844 2006 7 25 53941 0.1169 0.2740 0.18886 2006 7 26 53942 0.1160 0.2730 0.18911 2006 7 27 53943 0.1151 0.2719 0.18916 2006 7 28 53944 0.1142 0.2709 0.18904 2006 7 29 53945 0.1133 0.2699 0.18876 2006 7 30 53946 0.1123 0.2689 0.18839 2006 7 31 53947 0.1114 0.2679 0.18799 2006 8 1 53948 0.1104 0.2669 0.18764 2006 8 2 53949 0.1094 0.2659 0.18740 2006 8 3 53950 0.1084 0.2649 0.18731 2006 8 4 53951 0.1074 0.2640 0.18738 2006 8 5 53952 0.1063 0.2630 0.18760 2006 8 6 53953 0.1052 0.2620 0.18792 2006 8 7 53954 0.1042 0.2611 0.18823 2006 8 8 53955 0.1031 0.2602 0.18841 2006 8 9 53956 0.1019 0.2593 0.18833 2006 8 10 53957 0.1008 0.2584 0.18792 2006 8 11 53958 0.0996 0.2575 0.18720 2006 8 12 53959 0.0985 0.2566 0.18629 2006 8 13 53960 0.0973 0.2557 0.18536 2006 8 14 53961 0.0960 0.2549 0.18458 2006 8 15 53962 0.0948 0.2540 0.18409 2006 8 16 53963 0.0936 0.2532 0.18392 2006 8 17 53964 0.0923 0.2524 0.18405 2006 8 18 53965 0.0910 0.2516 0.18438 2006 8 19 53966 0.0897 0.2508 0.18480 2006 8 20 53967 0.0884 0.2501 0.18521 2006 8 21 53968 0.0870 0.2493 0.18552 2006 8 22 53969 0.0857 0.2486 0.18567 2006 8 23 53970 0.0843 0.2479 0.18564 2006 8 24 53971 0.0829 0.2472 0.18543 2006 8 25 53972 0.0814 0.2465 0.18507 2006 8 26 53973 0.0800 0.2458 0.18462 2006 8 27 53974 0.0785 0.2452 0.18416 2006 8 28 53975 0.0770 0.2446 0.18375 2006 8 29 53976 0.0755 0.2440 0.18344 2006 8 30 53977 0.0740 0.2434 0.18328 2006 8 31 53978 0.0725 0.2429 0.18329 2006 9 1 53979 0.0709 0.2423 0.18346 2006 9 2 53980 0.0693 0.2418 0.18372 2006 9 3 53981 0.0677 0.2413 0.18401 2006 9 4 53982 0.0661 0.2409 0.18419 2006 9 5 53983 0.0645 0.2404 0.18414 2006 9 6 53984 0.0628 0.2400 0.18375 2006 9 7 53985 0.0611 0.2396 0.18299 2006 9 8 53986 0.0595 0.2392 0.18192 2006 9 9 53987 0.0577 0.2389 0.18071 2006 9 10 53988 0.0560 0.2386 0.17955 2006 9 11 53989 0.0543 0.2383 0.17861 2006 9 12 53990 0.0525 0.2380 0.17800 2006 9 13 53991 0.0507 0.2377 0.17770 2006 9 14 53992 0.0489 0.2375 0.17765 2006 9 15 53993 0.0471 0.2373 0.17773 2006 9 16 53994 0.0452 0.2372 0.17780 2006 9 17 53995 0.0434 0.2370 0.17779 2006 9 18 53996 0.0415 0.2369 0.17762 2006 9 19 53997 0.0396 0.2368 0.17726 2006 9 20 53998 0.0377 0.2368 0.17671 2006 9 21 53999 0.0358 0.2367 0.17600 2006 9 22 54000 0.0338 0.2367 0.17517 2006 9 23 54001 0.0319 0.2368 0.17430 2006 9 24 54002 0.0299 0.2368 0.17345 2006 9 25 54003 0.0278 0.2369 0.17268 2006 9 26 54004 0.0258 0.2370 0.17207 2006 9 27 54005 0.0238 0.2372 0.17161 2006 9 28 54006 0.0217 0.2374 0.17132 2006 9 29 54007 0.0197 0.2376 0.17115 2006 9 30 54008 0.0177 0.2378 0.17104 2006 10 1 54009 0.0156 0.2381 0.17089 2006 10 2 54010 0.0135 0.2384 0.17058 2006 10 3 54011 0.0115 0.2388 0.16999 2006 10 4 54012 0.0094 0.2391 0.16906 2006 10 5 54013 0.0073 0.2395 0.16778 2006 10 6 54014 0.0051 0.2400 0.16628 2006 10 7 54015 0.0030 0.2404 0.16472 2006 10 8 54016 0.0009 0.2409 0.16329 2006 10 9 54017 -0.0012 0.2415 0.16216 2006 10 10 54018 -0.0034 0.2420 0.16136 2006 10 11 54019 -0.0055 0.2427 0.16088 2006 10 12 54020 -0.0077 0.2433 0.16059 2006 10 13 54021 -0.0098 0.2440 0.16025 2006 10 14 54022 -0.0120 0.2447 0.15987 2006 10 15 54023 -0.0142 0.2454 0.15936 2006 10 16 54024 -0.0163 0.2462 0.15868 2006 10 17 54025 -0.0185 0.2470 0.15784 2006 10 18 54026 -0.0207 0.2478 0.15684 2006 10 19 54027 -0.0229 0.2487 0.15573 2006 10 20 54028 -0.0250 0.2496 0.15457 2006 10 21 54029 -0.0272 0.2505 0.15343 2006 10 22 54030 -0.0294 0.2515 0.15237 2006 10 23 54031 -0.0316 0.2525 0.15145 2006 10 24 54032 -0.0337 0.2535 0.15070 2006 10 25 54033 -0.0359 0.2546 0.15012 2006 10 26 54034 -0.0381 0.2557 0.14969 2006 10 27 54035 -0.0402 0.2569 0.14935 2006 10 28 54036 -0.0424 0.2580 0.14900 2006 10 29 54037 -0.0445 0.2592 0.14855 2006 10 30 54038 -0.0466 0.2605 0.14787 2006 10 31 54039 -0.0488 0.2618 0.14690 2006 11 1 54040 -0.0509 0.2631 0.14562 2006 11 2 54041 -0.0530 0.2644 0.14408 2006 11 3 54042 -0.0551 0.2658 0.14241 2006 11 4 54043 -0.0572 0.2672 0.14079 2006 11 5 54044 -0.0592 0.2686 0.13939 2006 11 6 54045 -0.0613 0.2701 0.13830 2006 11 7 54046 -0.0633 0.2716 0.13755 2006 11 8 54047 -0.0654 0.2732 0.13705 2006 11 9 54048 -0.0674 0.2747 0.13669 2006 11 10 54049 -0.0694 0.2763 0.13633 2006 11 11 54050 -0.0713 0.2780 0.13587 2006 11 12 54051 -0.0733 0.2796 0.13527 2006 11 13 54052 -0.0752 0.2813 0.13450 2006 11 14 54053 -0.0771 0.2830 0.13358 2006 11 15 54054 -0.0790 0.2848 0.13255 2006 11 16 54055 -0.0809 0.2866 0.13146 2006 11 17 54056 -0.0828 0.2884 0.13039 2006 11 18 54057 -0.0846 0.2902 0.12938 2006 11 19 54058 -0.0864 0.2921 0.12851 2006 11 20 54059 -0.0882 0.2940 0.12781 2006 11 21 54060 -0.0899 0.2959 0.12730 2006 11 22 54061 -0.0916 0.2979 0.12696 2006 11 23 54062 -0.0933 0.2999 0.12673 2006 11 24 54063 -0.0950 0.3019 0.12653 2006 11 25 54064 -0.0966 0.3039 0.12626 2006 11 26 54065 -0.0982 0.3060 0.12581 2006 11 27 54066 -0.0998 0.3080 0.12512 2006 11 28 54067 -0.1013 0.3102 0.12414 2006 11 29 54068 -0.1028 0.3123 0.12293 2006 11 30 54069 -0.1043 0.3145 0.12158 2006 12 1 54070 -0.1058 0.3166 0.12024 2006 12 2 54071 -0.1072 0.3188 0.11905 2006 12 3 54072 -0.1085 0.3211 0.11814 2006 12 4 54073 -0.1099 0.3233 0.11754 2006 12 5 54074 -0.1111 0.3256 0.11722 2006 12 6 54075 -0.1124 0.3279 0.11709 2006 12 7 54076 -0.1136 0.3302 0.11700 2006 12 8 54077 -0.1148 0.3325 0.11685 2006 12 9 54078 -0.1159 0.3349 0.11657 2006 12 10 54079 -0.1170 0.3373 0.11612 2006 12 11 54080 -0.1181 0.3396 0.11552 2006 12 12 54081 -0.1191 0.3420 0.11480 2006 12 13 54082 -0.1201 0.3445 0.11402 2006 12 14 54083 -0.1210 0.3469 0.11324 2006 12 15 54084 -0.1219 0.3494 0.11251 2006 12 16 54085 -0.1227 0.3518 0.11191 2006 12 17 54086 -0.1235 0.3543 0.11146 2006 12 18 54087 -0.1243 0.3568 0.11119 2006 12 19 54088 -0.1250 0.3593 0.11109 2006 12 20 54089 -0.1256 0.3618 0.11111 2006 12 21 54090 -0.1262 0.3644 0.11118 2006 12 22 54091 -0.1268 0.3669 0.11119 2006 12 23 54092 -0.1273 0.3695 0.11102 2006 12 24 54093 -0.1278 0.3720 0.11060 2006 12 25 54094 -0.1282 0.3746 0.10988 2006 12 26 54095 -0.1285 0.3772 0.10890 2006 12 27 54096 -0.1289 0.3798 0.10775 2006 12 28 54097 -0.1291 0.3824 0.10656 2006 12 29 54098 -0.1293 0.3850 0.10548 2006 12 30 54099 -0.1295 0.3876 0.10460 2006 12 31 54100 -0.1296 0.3902 0.10398 2007 1 1 54101 -0.1297 0.3928 0.10360 2007 1 2 54102 -0.1297 0.3954 0.10341 2007 1 3 54103 -0.1297 0.3980 0.10330 2007 1 4 54104 -0.1296 0.4007 0.10318 2007 1 5 54105 -0.1294 0.4033 0.10296 2007 1 6 54106 -0.1292 0.4059 0.10261 2007 1 7 54107 -0.1289 0.4085 0.10215 2007 1 8 54108 -0.1286 0.4111 0.10159 2007 1 9 54109 -0.1282 0.4137 0.10099 2007 1 10 54110 -0.1278 0.4163 0.10039 2007 1 11 54111 -0.1273 0.4189 0.09985 2007 1 12 54112 -0.1267 0.4215 0.09941 2007 1 13 54113 -0.1261 0.4241 0.09910 2007 1 14 54114 -0.1255 0.4267 0.09892 2007 1 15 54115 -0.1248 0.4293 0.09889 2007 1 16 54116 -0.1240 0.4318 0.09896 2007 1 17 54117 -0.1232 0.4344 0.09908 2007 1 18 54118 -0.1224 0.4369 0.09916 2007 1 19 54119 -0.1215 0.4395 0.09909 2007 1 20 54120 -0.1205 0.4420 0.09878 2007 1 21 54121 -0.1195 0.4445 0.09819 2007 1 22 54122 -0.1184 0.4471 0.09733 2007 1 23 54123 -0.1173 0.4496 0.09632 2007 1 24 54124 -0.1161 0.4520 0.09531 2007 1 25 54125 -0.1149 0.4545 0.09446 2007 1 26 54126 -0.1136 0.4570 0.09389 2007 1 27 54127 -0.1123 0.4594 0.09365 2007 1 28 54128 -0.1110 0.4618 0.09372 2007 1 29 54129 -0.1095 0.4642 0.09400 2007 1 30 54130 -0.1081 0.4666 0.09436 2007 1 31 54131 -0.1065 0.4690 0.09468 2007 2 1 54132 -0.1050 0.4714 0.09483 2007 2 2 54133 -0.1034 0.4737 0.09473 2007 2 3 54134 -0.1017 0.4760 0.09441 2007 2 4 54135 -0.1000 0.4783 0.09394 2007 2 5 54136 -0.0982 0.4806 0.09335 2007 2 6 54137 -0.0964 0.4828 0.09271 2007 2 7 54138 -0.0946 0.4850 0.09204 2007 2 8 54139 -0.0927 0.4872 0.09140 2007 2 9 54140 -0.0907 0.4894 0.09087 2007 2 10 54141 -0.0887 0.4916 0.09050 2007 2 11 54142 -0.0867 0.4937 0.09027 2007 2 12 54143 -0.0846 0.4958 0.09017 2007 2 13 54144 -0.0825 0.4979 0.09011 2007 2 14 54145 -0.0804 0.4999 0.09003 2007 2 15 54146 -0.0781 0.5019 0.08984 2007 2 16 54147 -0.0759 0.5039 0.08946 2007 2 17 54148 -0.0736 0.5059 0.08885 2007 2 18 54149 -0.0713 0.5078 0.08785 2007 2 19 54150 -0.0689 0.5097 0.08657 2007 2 20 54151 -0.0665 0.5116 0.08518 2007 2 21 54152 -0.0641 0.5134 0.08384 2007 2 22 54153 -0.0616 0.5152 0.08271 2007 2 23 54154 -0.0591 0.5170 0.08190 2007 2 24 54155 -0.0566 0.5187 0.08138 2007 2 25 54156 -0.0540 0.5204 0.08112 2007 2 26 54157 -0.0513 0.5221 0.08101 2007 2 27 54158 -0.0487 0.5237 0.08104 2007 2 28 54159 -0.0460 0.5253 0.08099 2007 3 1 54160 -0.0433 0.5268 0.08078 2007 3 2 54161 -0.0405 0.5284 0.08036 2007 3 3 54162 -0.0378 0.5299 0.07978 2007 3 4 54163 -0.0350 0.5313 0.07896 2007 3 5 54164 -0.0321 0.5327 0.07807 2007 3 6 54165 -0.0293 0.5341 0.07717 2007 3 7 54166 -0.0264 0.5354 0.07632 2007 3 8 54167 -0.0234 0.5367 0.07559 2007 3 9 54168 -0.0205 0.5380 0.07505 2007 3 10 54169 -0.0175 0.5392 0.07474 2007 3 11 54170 -0.0145 0.5403 0.07459 2007 3 12 54171 -0.0115 0.5415 0.07458 2007 3 13 54172 -0.0085 0.5426 0.07456 2007 3 14 54173 -0.0054 0.5436 0.07441 2007 3 15 54174 -0.0023 0.5446 0.07408 2007 3 16 54175 0.0008 0.5456 0.07343 2007 3 17 54176 0.0039 0.5465 0.07245 2007 3 18 54177 0.0070 0.5474 0.07116 2007 3 19 54178 0.0102 0.5482 0.06969 2007 3 20 54179 0.0133 0.5490 0.06823 2007 3 21 54180 0.0165 0.5497 0.06699 2007 3 22 54181 0.0197 0.5504 0.06610 2007 3 23 54182 0.0229 0.5511 0.06557 2007 3 24 54183 0.0262 0.5517 0.06532 2007 3 25 54184 0.0294 0.5523 0.06531 2007 3 26 54185 0.0327 0.5528 0.06533 2007 3 27 54186 0.0359 0.5533 0.06524 2007 3 28 54187 0.0392 0.5537 0.06496 2007 3 29 54188 0.0425 0.5541 0.06447 2007 3 30 54189 0.0457 0.5544 0.06378 2007 3 31 54190 0.0490 0.5547 0.06295 2007 4 1 54191 0.0523 0.5549 0.06212 2007 4 2 54192 0.0556 0.5551 0.06131 2007 4 3 54193 0.0590 0.5553 0.06053 2007 4 4 54194 0.0623 0.5554 0.05982 2007 4 5 54195 0.0656 0.5554 0.05924 2007 4 6 54196 0.0689 0.5554 0.05882 2007 4 7 54197 0.0722 0.5554 0.05861 2007 4 8 54198 0.0755 0.5553 0.05850 2007 4 9 54199 0.0789 0.5551 0.05847 2007 4 10 54200 0.0822 0.5549 0.05843 2007 4 11 54201 0.0855 0.5547 0.05821 2007 4 12 54202 0.0888 0.5544 0.05776 2007 4 13 54203 0.0921 0.5541 0.05695 2007 4 14 54204 0.0954 0.5537 0.05577 2007 4 15 54205 0.0987 0.5533 0.05426 2007 4 16 54206 0.1020 0.5528 0.05258 2007 4 17 54207 0.1053 0.5523 0.05094 2007 4 18 54208 0.1086 0.5517 0.04951 2007 4 19 54209 0.1118 0.5511 0.04845 2007 4 20 54210 0.1151 0.5504 0.04774 2007 4 21 54211 0.1183 0.5497 0.04733 2007 4 22 54212 0.1216 0.5489 0.04707 2007 4 23 54213 0.1248 0.5481 0.04680 2007 4 24 54214 0.1280 0.5472 0.04640 2007 4 25 54215 0.1312 0.5463 0.04588 2007 4 26 54216 0.1344 0.5453 0.04521 2007 4 27 54217 0.1376 0.5443 0.04435 2007 4 28 54218 0.1407 0.5432 0.04339 2007 4 29 54219 0.1439 0.5421 0.04241 2007 4 30 54220 0.1470 0.5410 0.04152 2007 5 1 54221 0.1501 0.5398 0.04085 2007 5 2 54222 0.1532 0.5385 0.04040 2007 5 3 54223 0.1563 0.5372 0.04018 2007 5 4 54224 0.1593 0.5359 0.04013 2007 5 5 54225 0.1624 0.5345 0.04030 2007 5 6 54226 0.1654 0.5330 0.04067 2007 5 7 54227 0.1684 0.5315 0.04112 2007 5 8 54228 0.1713 0.5300 0.04151 2007 5 9 54229 0.1743 0.5284 0.04172 2007 5 10 54230 0.1772 0.5268 0.04161 2007 5 11 54231 0.1801 0.5251 0.04112 2007 5 12 54232 0.1830 0.5234 0.04033 2007 5 13 54233 0.1858 0.5216 0.03927 2007 5 14 54234 0.1886 0.5198 0.03821 2007 5 15 54235 0.1914 0.5180 0.03730 2007 5 16 54236 0.1942 0.5161 0.03663 2007 5 17 54237 0.1970 0.5141 0.03622 2007 5 18 54238 0.1997 0.5121 0.03614 2007 5 19 54239 0.2024 0.5101 0.03628 2007 5 20 54240 0.2050 0.5080 0.03645 2007 5 21 54241 0.2076 0.5059 0.03650 2007 5 22 54242 0.2102 0.5038 0.03629 2007 5 23 54243 0.2128 0.5016 0.03594 2007 5 24 54244 0.2153 0.4993 0.03546 2007 5 25 54245 0.2178 0.4970 0.03481 2007 5 26 54246 0.2203 0.4947 0.03411 2007 5 27 54247 0.2227 0.4923 0.03342 2007 5 28 54248 0.2251 0.4899 0.03280 2007 5 29 54249 0.2275 0.4875 0.03231 2007 5 30 54250 0.2299 0.4850 0.03206 2007 5 31 54251 0.2321 0.4825 0.03204 2007 6 1 54252 0.2344 0.4799 0.03225 2007 6 2 54253 0.2366 0.4773 0.03262 2007 6 3 54254 0.2388 0.4747 0.03306 2007 6 4 54255 0.2410 0.4720 0.03340 2007 6 5 54256 0.2431 0.4693 0.03356 2007 6 6 54257 0.2452 0.4665 0.03346 2007 6 7 54258 0.2472 0.4637 0.03312 2007 6 8 54259 0.2492 0.4609 0.03257 2007 6 9 54260 0.2512 0.4581 0.03180 2007 6 10 54261 0.2531 0.4552 0.03104 2007 6 11 54262 0.2550 0.4523 0.03039 2007 6 12 54263 0.2568 0.4493 0.03000 2007 6 13 54264 0.2586 0.4463 0.02997 2007 6 14 54265 0.2603 0.4433 0.03028 2007 6 15 54266 0.2621 0.4402 0.03091 2007 6 16 54267 0.2637 0.4372 0.03167 2007 6 17 54268 0.2653 0.4341 0.03248 2007 6 18 54269 0.2669 0.4309 0.03309 2007 6 19 54270 0.2685 0.4277 0.03353 2007 6 20 54271 0.2699 0.4246 0.03382 2007 6 21 54272 0.2714 0.4213 0.03401 2007 6 22 54273 0.2728 0.4181 0.03413 2007 6 23 54274 0.2741 0.4148 0.03429 2007 6 24 54275 0.2754 0.4115 0.03451 2007 6 25 54276 0.2767 0.4082 0.03485 2007 6 26 54277 0.2779 0.4048 0.03538 2007 6 27 54278 0.2791 0.4014 0.03608 2007 6 28 54279 0.2802 0.3981 0.03698 2007 6 29 54280 0.2813 0.3946 0.03806 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) 53896 -56.95 .21 -6.05 .13 53897 -57.03 .23 -6.18 .34 53898 -57.05 .21 -6.24 .14 53899 -57.01 .28 -6.22 .17 53900 -56.90 .28 -6.15 .17 IAU2000A Celestial Pole Offset Series MJD dX error dY error (msec. of arc) 53896 -0.092 0.084 -0.296 0.130 53897 -0.084 0.091 -0.296 0.340 53898 -0.073 0.084 -0.312 0.140 53899 -0.063 0.111 -0.311 0.170 53900 -0.058 0.111 -0.304 0.170 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 **************************************************************************