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Table 1 Spacecraft positions and observed fields

From: Heliocentric distance dependence of zodiacal light observed by Hayabusa2#

Date

Position of spacecraft [au]

Observed field [deg]

X

Y

Z

R\(^{1}\)

(RA, Dec)

(Elon, Elat)\(^{2}\)

(Glon, Glat)\(^{3}\)

Solar elongation

2021-08-23

1.023

0.252

– 0.069

1.053

(15.93, -3.65)

(13.25, – 9.64)

(130.58, – 66.34)

174.10

2021-09-20

0.821

0.633

– 0.047

1.037

(37.06, 5.46)

(36.52, – 8.71)

(162.23, – 49.88)

173.81

2021-11-29

– 0.261

0.846

0.035

0.886

(104.42, 18.72)

(103.67, – 4.03)

(196.79, 9.75)

172.78

2021-12-06

– 0.375

0.781

0.042

0.866

(112.96, 18.16)

(111.80, – 3.56)

(200.79, 16.88)

172.57

2021-12-28

– 0.664

0.468

0.057

0.812

(142.74, 12.54)

(141.02, – 2.05)

(219.94, 41.00)

172.84

2022-01-24\(^{4}\)

– 0.774

– 0.067

0.055

0.777

(198.38, 3.56)

(195.57, 10.49)

(316.49, 65.85)

167.64

2022-02-14\(^{4}\)

– 0.625

– 0.474

0.037

0.784

(204.83, – 14.26)

(208.19, – 3.68)

(320.08, 47.01)

169.01

2022-04-18

0.451

– 0.810

– 0.048

0.927

(297.25, – 31.48)

(293.38, -10.22)

(8.92, -25.26)

170.79

2022-05-16

0.834

– 0.535

– 0.071

0.991

(327.89, – 25.02)

(321.52, – 11.33)

(25.45, – 49.77)

170.76

2022-06-20

1.039

– 0.024

– 0.076

1.039

(357.99, – 13.31)

(352.80, – 11.40)

(74.84, – 70.40)

170.74

2022-07-04

1.028

0.193

– 0.071

1.046

(8.76, – 8.29)

(4.74, – 11.08)

(110.55, – 70.76)

170.74

2022-08-01

0.854

0.587

– 0.051

1.036

(30.13, 1.62)

(28.62, -10.00)

(155.74, – 56.78)

170.76

2022-08-29

0.505

0.858

– 0.021

0.996

(53.46, 10.57)

(53.73, -8.38)

(174.72, – 35.49)

170.80

2022-10-17

– 0.318

0.811

0.038

0.871

(106.56, 17.81)

(105.80, -4.72)

(198.51, 11.20)

170.88

2022-11-14

– 0.683

0.415

0.057

0.799

(144.53, 10.87)

(143.23, -3.08)

(222.98, 41.84)

170.95

2022-12-12

– 0.750

– 0.154

0.052

0.766

(184.25, -5.34)

(186.02, -3.21)

(287.28, 56.48)

171.00

  1. 1\(R = \sqrt{X^2 +Y^2}\)
  2. 2Ecliptic coordinate
  3. 3Galactic coordinate
  4. 4These data were excluded from the analysis owing to the presence of additional stray light (see "Stray-light subtraction" section)