Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...56..578w&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 56, Dec. 1983, p. 578-589.
Physics
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Planetary Gravitation, Venus (Planet), Geoids, Moments Of Inertia, Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Planetary Mass, Spacecraft Tracking, Spherical Harmonics, Venus Surface
Scientific paper
The gravity field of Venus has been modeled by a spherical harmonic expansion of the potential to degree and order seven. The estimates of these coeficients were obtained by combining information from 43 short arcs (4 hr) of line-of-sight Doppler data centered at periapsis. The data arcs were distributed in longitude and time over more than two circulations of Venus by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter subperiapsis point which was confined to the band of latitudes from 14 deg N to 17 deg N. Convergence of the solution has been assured by iterating upon the initial estimate. All estimates were performed with zero a priori information on the gravity coefficients. Since the altitude of periapsis for most of the orbits was within the sensible Venusian atmosphere, drag effects on the estimated harmonics have been removed using an exponential atmosphere density model. Estimates of the mass parameter (GM) of Venus using this dataset are also evaluated.
Mottinger Neil A.
Panagiotacopulos N. D.
Williams Brian G.
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