Study of the Gravitational Fields and Shape of the Earth, Other Planets, and the Moon, Based on Spacecraft Observations (Issledovanie Gravitatsionnykh Polei i Formy Zemli, Drugikh Planet i Luny po Nablyudeniyam Kosmicheskikh Apparatov),

Abstract

;Contents: Artificial satellites used for determining the figure and gravitational field of the earth; Methods of accurate satellite observations; Geometric satellite constructions; Theory of satellite motion in the gravitational field of the earth; Dynamic deductions from satellite observations; Fundamental geodetic constants; Orbit, gravitational field and figure of the moon; Determination of the figures and gravity fields of major planets.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772275

Entities

People

  • L. P. Pellinen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Construction
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Gravity
  • Observation
  • Satellite Buses
  • Space Exploration
  • Space Objects
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Information Retrieval
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris