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The reference frame of the ephemerides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

E. M. Standish Jr ,
X. X. Newhall ,
J. G. Williams  and
J. O. Dickey
E. M. Standish Jr
Affiliation:
Caltech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
X. X. Newhall
Affiliation:
Caltech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
J. G. Williams
Affiliation:
Caltech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
J. O. Dickey
Affiliation:
Caltech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109

Abstract

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Complete ephemerides of the moon and the four inner planets could be created solely from ranging data alone. Such ephemerides would then be independent from any outside astronomical reference system, and, therefore, would define their own unique reference frame. In fact, this is nearly the case with present-day ephemerides; the accuracy of the ranging data tends to dominate most of the least squares adjustment.

This paper outlines the process of creating the lunar and planetary ephemerides along with the orientation of the ephemerides onto the dynamical equinox. The resulting accuracies of these processes are given and a number of uses for the ephemerides are highlighted.

Type
I. Celestial Reference Systems
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 128: Earth's Rotation and Reference Frames for Geodesy and Geodynamics , 1988 , pp. 49 - 53
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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