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Towards improved lunar reference frames: LRO orbit determination

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Autorschaft

  • Anno Löcher
  • Franz Hofmann
  • Philipp Gläser
  • Isabel Haase
  • Jürgen Müller

Organisationseinheiten

Externe Organisationen

  • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  • Technische Universität Berlin
  • Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksREFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium
Herausgeber/-innenTonie van Dam
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer Verlag
Seiten201-206
Seitenumfang6
ISBN (Print)9783319456287
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Jan. 2017
VeranstaltungIAG Symposium on Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences, REFAG 2014 - Kirchberg, Luxemburg
Dauer: 13 Okt. 201417 Okt. 2014

Publikationsreihe

NameInternational Association of Geodesy Symposia
Band146
ISSN (Print)0939-9585

Abstract

Lunar reference systems are currently realized by sets of coordinates of the few laser reflectors deployed by Apollo astronauts and unmanned Soviet spacecrafts. Expanding this coordinate knowledge to other features identifiable in images of the lunar surface requires highly accurate orbits of the acquiring spacecraft. To support such activities using images and altimetry data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), an independent processing facility for tracking observations to LRO has been established. We present orbits from 1 year radio Doppler, radio ranging and laser ranging data obtained by different combinations of data types. To obtain an external confirmation for the achieved orbit accuracy, coordinates of the Apollo 15 reflector were measured in LRO images by photogrammetric techniques and compared to reference values from Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR). Coordinate differences were found to be at the 10m level.

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Towards improved lunar reference frames: LRO orbit determination. / Löcher, Anno; Hofmann, Franz; Gläser, Philipp et al.
REFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium. Hrsg. / Tonie van Dam. Springer Verlag, 2017. S. 201-206 (International Association of Geodesy Symposia; Band 146).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Löcher, A, Hofmann, F, Gläser, P, Haase, I, Müller, J, Kusche, J & Oberst, J 2017, Towards improved lunar reference frames: LRO orbit determination. in TV Dam (Hrsg.), REFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Bd. 146, Springer Verlag, S. 201-206, IAG Symposium on Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences, REFAG 2014, Kirchberg, Luxemburg, 13 Okt. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_146
Löcher, A., Hofmann, F., Gläser, P., Haase, I., Müller, J., Kusche, J., & Oberst, J. (2017). Towards improved lunar reference frames: LRO orbit determination. In T. V. Dam (Hrsg.), REFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium (S. 201-206). (International Association of Geodesy Symposia; Band 146). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_146
Löcher A, Hofmann F, Gläser P, Haase I, Müller J, Kusche J et al. Towards improved lunar reference frames: LRO orbit determination. in Dam TV, Hrsg., REFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium. Springer Verlag. 2017. S. 201-206. (International Association of Geodesy Symposia). doi: 10.1007/1345_2015_146
Löcher, Anno ; Hofmann, Franz ; Gläser, Philipp et al. / Towards improved lunar reference frames : LRO orbit determination. REFAG 2014 - Proceedings of the IAG Commission 1 Symposium. Hrsg. / Tonie van Dam. Springer Verlag, 2017. S. 201-206 (International Association of Geodesy Symposia).
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