Errata 2009

Preliminaries

• Page x:

  The items for the IAU 2000A nutation should read:

  • IAU 2000A nutation series for Δψ and Δε (see IERS Technical Note 32 Chapter 5),
          lunisolar nutations at ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/conv2003/chapter5/tab5.3a.txt
          planetary nutations at ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/conv2003/chapter5/tab5.3b.txt

Time Scales, Section B

• Page B10, Equation of the Equinoxes:

  The first paragraph of the Equation of the Equinoxes portion should read as in the attached PDF.

• Page B50, Equinox Method of reduction from the GCRS — rigorous formulae

  The term M_3,3 should read
  
  sin ϵ cos ψ sin φ + cos ϵ cos φ

• Page B51, Offsets of the Pole and Origin at J2000.0

  For F-W IAU 2006, in the column φ_B
  
  replace 6.891 with 6.819

Minor Planets and Comets, Section G

• Multiple pages:

  On pages G5 onwards, the minor planet transit times contain an unpredictable error. Mostly the times are in error by 0.1 or 0.2 minutes; occasionally the error reaches 0.4 minutes. Corrected pages may be downloaded here.

Tables and Data, Section K

• Page K6, constant #4:

  replace L_B = 1.550 519 767 72 × 10-8 with L_B = 1.550 519 768 × 10-8
  and replace (Refs.) I₀₆ E with I₀₆