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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Bulletin of the AAS |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Aug 2020 |
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In: Bulletin of the AAS, Vol. 53, No. 4, 21.08.2020.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Extending Science from Lunar Laser Ranging
AU - Viswanathan, Vishnu
AU - Mazarico, Erwan
AU - Merkowitz, Stephen
AU - Williams, James G.
AU - Turyshev, Slava G.
AU - Currie, Douglas G.
AU - Ermakov, Anton I.
AU - Rambaux, Nicolas
AU - Fienga, Agnès
AU - Courde, Clément
AU - Chabé, Julien
AU - Torre, Jean-Marie
AU - Bourgoin, Adrien
AU - Schreiber, Ulrich
AU - Eubanks, Thomas M.
AU - Wu, Chensheng
AU - Dequal, Daniele
AU - Dell'Agnello, Simone
AU - Biskupek, Liliane
AU - Müller, Jürgen
AU - Kopeikin, Sergei
N1 - 8 pages, 1 figure, A white paper submitted to the Committee on the Planetary Science Decadal Survey (2023-2032) of The National Academies of Sciences
PY - 2020/8/21
Y1 - 2020/8/21
N2 - The Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) experiment has accumulated 50 years of range data of improving accuracy from ground stations to the laser retroreflector arrays (LRAs) on the lunar surface. The upcoming decade offers several opportunities to break new ground in data precision through the deployment of the next generation of single corner-cube lunar retroreflectors and active laser transponders. This is likely to expand the LLR station network. Lunar dynamical models and analysis tools have the potential to improve and fully exploit the long temporal baseline and precision allowed by millimetric LLR data. Some of the model limitations are outlined for future efforts. Differential observation techniques will help mitigate some of the primary limiting factors and reach unprecedented accuracy. Such observations and techniques may enable the detection of several subtle signatures required to understand the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and the deep lunar interior. LLR model improvements would impact multi-disciplinary fields that include lunar and planetary science, Earth science, fundamental physics, celestial mechanics and ephemerides.
AB - The Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) experiment has accumulated 50 years of range data of improving accuracy from ground stations to the laser retroreflector arrays (LRAs) on the lunar surface. The upcoming decade offers several opportunities to break new ground in data precision through the deployment of the next generation of single corner-cube lunar retroreflectors and active laser transponders. This is likely to expand the LLR station network. Lunar dynamical models and analysis tools have the potential to improve and fully exploit the long temporal baseline and precision allowed by millimetric LLR data. Some of the model limitations are outlined for future efforts. Differential observation techniques will help mitigate some of the primary limiting factors and reach unprecedented accuracy. Such observations and techniques may enable the detection of several subtle signatures required to understand the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and the deep lunar interior. LLR model improvements would impact multi-disciplinary fields that include lunar and planetary science, Earth science, fundamental physics, celestial mechanics and ephemerides.
KW - astro-ph.IM
KW - astro-ph.EP
KW - gr-qc
KW - physics.data-an
KW - physics.geo-ph
U2 - 10.3847/25c2cfeb.3dc2e5e4
DO - 10.3847/25c2cfeb.3dc2e5e4
M3 - Article
VL - 53
JO - Bulletin of the AAS
JF - Bulletin of the AAS
SN - 0002-7537
IS - 4
ER -