Geodesy on GEMS (GEophysical Monitoring Station)

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1551d&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1551

Computer Science

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We propose to use the X-band radio link of the GEMS lander on the surface of Mars with the objective to better determine the rotation and interior structure of Mars. This X-band radio link consists in two-way Doppler measurements from a direct radiolink between the Martian Lander and deep space tracking stations on the Earth. On the basis of these measurements, it will be possible to monitor the lander position relative to the Earth and in turn to improve the determination of the Mars' orientation and rotation parameters (MOP), i.e. the rotation rate variations (or Length of Days LOD), the precession rate and the nutations of the rotation axis, and the orientation of Mars around its rotation axis (polar motion). In this study we perform analytical and numerical simulations of these Doppler measurements in order to quantify the precision that can be obtained on the MOP. These simulations permit to build a strategy to be applied to future data processing in order to improve the precision on the MOP determination. As these parameters are related to the interior of the planet as well as to its seasonal angular momentum changes induced by the CO2 sublimation/condensation process, we further discuss the expected improvement in our knowledge of Mars' interior, i.e. state, size, and composition of the Martian core, and of the CO2 mass budget in the Martian atmosphere and ice caps.

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