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This paper contains the report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites as presented at the XVIIIGeneral Assembly held at Patras, Greece, 1982. Tables give the recommended values for the direction of the north poles of rotation and the prime meridians of the planets and satellites referred to both the B1950 and J2000 standard coordinate systems. Reference surfaces for mapping these bodies are described. An appendix discusses the principal changes to the tables since 1979.
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Davies, M.E., Abalakin, V.K., Lieske, J.H. et al. Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites: 1982. Celestial Mechanics 29, 309–321 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01228525
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