Abstract
In an on-going project to establish a dynamical reference system from the motions of selected minor planets, the need arises for a method for fitting orbital models to observed data. The method pro-posed by Jefferys is applied to this problem for the first time and in a test case exhibits a significant advantage over traditional methods of least squares.
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Duncombe, R.L., Whipple, A.L., Hemenway, P.D. (1986). Orbit Correction Using Jefferys’ Method of Least Squares. In: Bhatnagar, K.B. (eds) Space Dynamics and Celestial Mechanics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 127. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4732-0_37
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