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An analysis of MLRS Near-Real-Time Earth orientation results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Randall L. Ricklefs  and
Peter J. Shelus
Randall L. Ricklefs
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1083, USA
Peter J. Shelus
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1083, USA

Abstract

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In this paper a comparison is presented between near-real-time earth orientation parameters, produced on-site by the McDonald Laser Ranging System (MLRS) at McDonald Observatory, using observations to the Apollo 15 lunar retroreflector, and those results which are obtained after the fact at the University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere, as well as the results obtained from other techniques. The MLRS data set which is included in this study spans the interval from the commencement of on-site earth orientation solutions at MLRS in February 1985, through the present time, September 1986. This research is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NAG5-754 and Contract NAS5-29404 to McDonald Observatory and the University of Texas at Austin from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Type
III. Determination of Earth Rotation Parameters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 128: Earth's Rotation and Reference Frames for Geodesy and Geodynamics , 1988 , pp. 165 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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