Lunar degree 2 potential Love number determination from satellite tracking data

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Jan 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3502204g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 2, CiteID L02204

Physics

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Moon (1221), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Gravitational Fields (1221), Geodesy And Gravity: Satellite Geodesy: Results (6929, 7215, 7230, 7240)

Scientific paper

The lunar potential Love number k 2 has been determined using available satellite tracking data coming from the Lunar Orbiters I-V, the Apollo 15 and 16 subsatellites, Clementine and Lunar Prospector. Some SMART-1 spacecraft tracking data are also included. A previous determination using spacecraft data reported k 2 = 0.026 +/- 0.003 (ten times the formal error), whereas lunar laser ranging results report lower values, around k 2 = 0.0210 +/- 0.0025. The best estimate obtained here results in k 2 = 0.0213 +/- 0.0075 (ten times the formal error as well), closer in agreement with the lunar laser ranging values.

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