Relativistic effects in astronomical timing measurements

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Astrometry, Relativistic Effects, Space Observations (From Earth), Time Measurement, Particle Trajectories, Photons, Pulsars, Space Communication, Space-Time Functions, Very Long Base Interferometry

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In this paper the relativistic transformations that are necessary to transform the results of earth-based astronomical timing observations from the terrestrial frame in which the observations are made to the proper frame of the astronomical object being observed are derived. Two coordinate systems are considered, the first being the parametrized post-Newtonian coordinate system and the second being a coordinate system based on the use of temps dynamique barycentrique as a time coordinate. Effects due to propagation of signals through curved spacetime and due to the relativistic gravitational time dilation for the earth are derived in each system. The results are then applied to three modern accurate data types spacecraft ranging, pulsar timing, and VLBI. A new effect is found in the analysis of VLBI data, amounting to a rescaling of VLBI-determined baselines produced by the curvature of space in the neighborhood of the sun.

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