Abstract
A procedure for extracting gravity information from lunar orbiter tracking data is described with particular attention to the photographic orbiter to be launched shortly by the United States.
This paper presents the results of one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under Contract No. NAS 7-100, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Lorell, J. (1967). Lunar Gravity from Orbiter Tracking Data. In: Measure of the Moon. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3529-3_27
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