A method was devised to determine the spherical harmonic coefficients of the lunar gravity field. The method consists of a two-step data reduction and estimation process. Pseudo-Doppler data were generated simulating two different lunar orbits. The analysis included the perturbing effects of the L1 lunar gravity field, the earth, the sun, and solar radiation pressure. Orbit determinations were performed on these data and long-period orbital elements were obtained. The Kepler element rates from these solutions were used to recover L1 lunar gravity coefficients. Overall results of the experiment show that lunar gravity coefficients can be accurately determined and that the method is dynamically consistent with long-period perturbation theory.


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    Titel :

    Lunar gravity derived from long-period satellite motion, a proposed method


    Beteiligte:
    Ferrari, A. J. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1971-11-29


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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