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Simultaneous Solution for the Masses of the Principal Planets from Analysis of Optical, Radar, and Radio Tracking Data*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. H. Lieske ,
W.G. Melbourne ,
D. A. O’Handley ,
D. B. Holdridge ,
D.E. Johnson  and
W.S. Sinclair
J. H. Lieske
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
W.G. Melbourne
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
D. A. O’Handley
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
D. B. Holdridge
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
D.E. Johnson
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
W.S. Sinclair
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a set of computer programs known as the Solar System Data Processing System (SSDPS) which is employed in improving the ephemerides of the major planets and for improving the values of several associated astronomical constants. A group of solutions for the masses of the major planets, together with the AU and radii of Mercury, Venus, and Mais, is presented. These solutions based upon optical, radar, and spacecraft radio tracking data are preliminary. The relative power of radar and radio tracking data vis-à-vis purely optical data in a solution is shown. The problems which could arise by adopting solutions based upon a single data type are demonstrated.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 9: The IAU System of Astronomical Constants , October 1971 , pp. 233 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

Footnotes

*

This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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