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Frank J. Lucatelli wrote:
> The top 26 list of solar system objects by their mass:
> Compiled by Eric Schreur of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
> ...

Hi Frank

I recommend the Horizons site at JPL. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons
Some of the details are here for planets
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?planet_phys_par
and here for satellites http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_phys_par
for asteroids etc, start at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sb_elem

It is quite amazing how accurately the masses of most bodies are now
known as
a result of fly-bys mostly, but also accurate ranging of bodies. For
example the time
for light to travel 1 AU is 499.004783806 (± 0.00000001) s which means
the AU
is now known to an accuracy of 3 m!

regards
Ray




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Welcome to Yahoo Orbital Ephemeris group. Please have a look at the links and files areas and feel free to add your own contributions there. Remember that only...
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Dear Orbital Group, I have been interested in the relative effects of gravitational forces in our solar system. The following list is a compilation of the top...
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... Hi Frank I recommend the Horizons site at JPL. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons Some of the details are here for planets ...
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Welcome to Yahoo Orbital Ephemeris group. I am resending this message because I just found that 9 members were "pending" and for a while I couldn't get in to...
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