Determination of the extragalactic-planetary frame tie from joint analysis of radio interferometric and lunar laser ranging measurements

Details Determination of the extragalactic-planetary frame tie from joint analysis of radio interferometric and lunar laser ranging measurements Determination of the extragalactic-planetary frame tie from joint analysis of radio interferometric and lunar laser ranging measurements

Jul 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994a%26a...287..279f&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 287, no. 1, p. 279-289

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrometry, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Inertial Coordinates, Lunar Rangefinding, Planet Ephemerides, Deep Space Network, Ecliptic, Equinoxes, Geodesy, Laser Range Finders, Very Long Base Interferometry

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Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of extragalactic radio sources provide the basis for defining an accurate non-rotating reference frame in terms of angular positions of the sources. Measurements of the distance from the Earth to the Moon and to the inner planets provide the basis for defining an inertial planetary ephemeris reference frame. The relative orientation, or frame tie, between these two reference frames is of interest for combining Earth orientation measurements, for comparing Earth orientation results with theories referred to the mean equator and equinox, and for determining the positions of the planets with respect to the extragalactic reference frame. This work presents an indirect determination of the extragalactic-planetary frame tie from a combined reduction of VLBI and Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) observations. For this determination, data acquired by LLR tracking stations since 1969 have been analyzed and combined with 14 years of VLBI data acquired by NASA's Deep Space Network since 1978. The frame tie derived from this joint analysis, with an accuracy of 0.003 sec, is the most accurate determination obtained so far. This result, combined with a determination of the mean ecliptic (defined in the rotating sense), shows that the mean equinox of epoch J2000 is offset from the x-axis of the extragalactic frame adopted by the International Earth Rotation Service for astrometric and geodetic applications by 0.078 sec +/- 0.010 sec along the y-direction and y 0.019 sec +/- 0.001 sec. along the z-direction.

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