Analytical modeling of the Doppler tracking between a lander and a Mars orbiter in terms of rotational dynamics

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Jul 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jgre..108.5076y&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Volume 108, Issue E7, pp. 12-1, CiteID 5076, DOI 10.1029/2003JE002045

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Geodesy And Gravity: Rotational Variations, Geodesy And Gravity: Planetary Geodesy And Gravity (5420, 5714, 6019), Geodesy And Gravity: Diurnal And Subdiurnal Rotational Variations, Planetology: Solar System Objects: Mars

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Radio Doppler shifts between a lander on Mars' surface and an orbiter are modeled through a linearized analytical formulation. This simplified formulation allows us to understand the signature and interplay of the different geophysical parameters (nutations, polar motion, and rotation rate variations) on the lander-orbiter observable. The frequency band of the investigated periodic phenomena goes from some months to about one Martian year in their respective frames. Long-term effects like precession are taken into account but are not investigated. The satellite orbit is modeled as a precessing orbit because of the oblateness of Mars. We show that we are able to see the signature of a possible liquid core after less than 50 weeks of observation for a given precision of 0.1 mm/s for the Doppler tracking. We are also able to monitor the rotation rate variation and polar motion at a level of 5 mas over the same period. This study was done in the frame of the preparation of the Netlander Ionosphere and Geodesy Experiment (NEIGE).

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