ESTIMATES OF THE ZONAL GRAVITY HARMONICS OF THE MOON,

Abstract

The best figure data of the Moon are treated in order to obtain estimates of the zonal gravity harmonics up to order eight. An analysis of the first tracking data of Lunar Orbiter 1 indicated that the second, third and fourth zonal harmonics compare favorably with the values obtained on the basis of the figure, but there is no clue as to the reliability of the zonal harmonics given here of order higher than the fourth. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645549

Entities

People

  • C. L. Goudas
  • T. A. Bray
  • Zdenka Kopal

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Functions (Mathematics)
  • Harmonics
  • Reliability

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris