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A8.5 Glossary

Cartesian State Cartesian position and velocity components in the following order: x-position, y-position, z-position, x-velocity, y-velocity, and z-velocity.
Equinox Vernal equinox. For the planets, the vernal equinox is defined as the axis from the center of the planet to the ascending node of the planet’s orbit through the planet’s equatorial plane.
Jupiter System I This prime meridian system is identified with the Prime Meridian rotation of the visible features in the Jovian equatorial zone. The exact definition of this system can be found in the Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac (Explanatory Supplement to the Ephemeris). JPL Technical Report (TR) 32-12508, dated January 15, 1971.
Jupiter System III This prime meridian system is identified with the Prime Meridian rotation of radio emissions from Jupiter. This rotation probably corresponds to the rotation of the Jovian inner core which is associated with the planet’s magnetic field. The SEDR uses Jupiter System III (1965.0).
Longitude The longitude convention will conform to the IAU standards which specify positive west longitudes for Jupiter.

A8.6 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

BPI Bits per inch
CDFGEN Common Data File Generation (program)
deg Degrees
DEC Declination
DMT Data Management Team
DOY Day of Year
DPTRAJ Double Precision Trajectory program
DRS Data Records System
DUT Difference between ET and UTC times (55.2 for 1 July 1985)
E Floating Point Quantity
ECL50 Earth Mean Ecliptic and Equinox of 1950.0
EME50 Earth Mean Equator and Equinox of 1950.0
ERT Earth Received Time
ESOC European Space Operations Centre
ET Ephemeris Time
HHMMSS Hours-Minutes-Seconds
HEX Hexadecimal Number
I Integer Quantity
IAU International Astronomical Union
ID Identification
IPC Information Processing Center
IRG Inter-record Gap
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
km Kilometers
km/sec Kilometers Per Second
N/A Not Applicable or Not Available
NAV Navigation System or Team
P-File Probe Ephemeris File
PI Principal Investigator
RA Right Ascension
S/C Spacecraft
SCET Spacecraft Event Time
SCLK Spacecraft Clock (count)
SEDR Supplementary Experiment Data Records
SEDRGEN Supplementary Experiment Data Records Generation (program)
SFDU Standard Formatted Data Unit (headers)
SIS Software Interface Specification
SRD Software Requirements Document
TBD To Be Determined
TBS To Be Supplied
TCM Trajectory Correction Maneuver
UTC coordinated Universal Time
YYDDD Year (last two digits) - day of year

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