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The Possibility to Link Radio and Optical Reference Frames With Artificial Satellites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Tong Fu*
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sínica, Nanjing, China.

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Based on extragalactic radio sources, a new high precision extragalactic radio reference frame can be established from radio interferometric measurements. To link the optical fundamental reference frame presently represented by the FK4/5 to the extragalactic radio frame, the optical counterparts of extragalactic radio sources (quasars, BL Lac objects etc.) and radio stars are the most important classes of objects. Besides these two classes of objects, are there any other objects which can be used to link the optical and radio frames? A posible answer is that artificial satellites could be a candidate class of objects contributing to this subject.

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Part 3: Concepts, Definitions, Models
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