RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD REFINEMENT OF GEODETIC TECHNIQUES UTILIZING TERRESTRIAL AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS.
Abstract
Contents: To carry out reductions of observations on photographic plates made in support of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center rocket-flare triangulation research; Provide instructions, guidance, and material support to co-operating astronomical observatories and amateur astronomers also participating in the rocket-flare research; The relative accuracy for different focal lengths of identical lens systems in astrographic cameras; The determination of atmospheric refraction from photographs of the sun taken at very low altitudes; The transistorized W. W. V. receiver; Complete the minutes of the gravity conference held at Georgetown; Selenographic studies; Analytical computation of orbits; Report on geomagnetism; Conversion of solar eclipse geodetic distances to DODWGS from AFWGS. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0655933
Entities
People
- Francis J. Heyden
Organizations
- Georgetown College