Lunar albedo force modeling and its effect on low lunar orbit and gravity field determination

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Jan 1999

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Advances in Space Research, Volume 23, Issue 4, p. 733-738.

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A force model for the lunar albedo effect on low lunar orbiters is developed on the basis of Clementine imagery and absolute albedo measurements. The model, named the Delft Lunar Albedo Model 1 (DLAM-1), is a 15 × 15 spherical harmonics expansion, and is intended for improved force modeling for low satellite orbits as well as to minimise aliasing of non-gravitational force model defects in future lunar gravity solutions. The development of the model from the available lunar albedo data sources is described, followed by a discussion on its calibration using absolute albedo measurements and its correlation with main selenological features. DLAM-1 is next applied in low lunar orbit determination, and results for orbits typical of lunar mapping missions are presented. Finally, the effect of lunar albedo on future gravity solutions is analysed with particular emphasis on gravity mapping from global data sets, i.e. satellite-to-satellite tracking, which is expected to be a core experiment of coming lunar missions. It is shown that albedo-induced orbit perturbations have a magnitude and frequency signature which are non-negligible for precise orbit and gravity modeling. Radial orbit errors for low orbits are in the order of 1-2 m for one week arcs.

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