A study is made using actual metric photography taken by Apollo 15 after the trans earth injection when the spacecraft left the lunar orbit. After measurements on 12 frames were reduced for 11 known control and unknown points on the eastern limb, a least squares adjustment program provided the simul-taneous solution for the selected points. The results indicate an improvement in selenodetic control may be achieved over a limited portion of the lunar limb; however, the solution could be further improved by strengthening the geometry of intersecting rays through additional observations of the same area using film from the succeeding Apollo missions. (Author)


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    Titel :

    An Investigation to Improve Selenodetic Control on the Lunar Limb Utilizing APOLLO 15 Trans-Earth Photography


    Beteiligte:
    W. Riotte (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1972


    Format / Umfang :

    118 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch