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Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites: Solutions for Size and Shape

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The Three Galileos: The Man, the Spacecraft, the Telescope

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 220))

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A control network is a series of identifiable points on a surface and a table of their coordinates (latitude, longitude, radius). To create a planetary control network, points (usually craters) are identified on pictures and their image coordinates are measured in pixels. Each control point must be measured on two or more images. The navigation team supplies discrete spacecraft positions and approximate camera-pointing angles. An analytical triangulation program is used to compute the coordinates of the control points and to improve the camera-pointing angles.

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  1. Rand, Santa Monica, California, USA

    M. E. Davies & T. R. Colvin

  2. Cornell University, New York, USA

    P. Thomas & J. Veverka

  3. NOAO/KPNO, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    M. J. S. Belton

  4. DLR, Berlin, Germany

    J. Oberst, W. Zeitler & G. Neukum

  5. University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    G. Schubert

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  1. University of Padova, Italy

    Cesare Barbieri

  2. NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., USA

    Jürgen H. Rahe

  3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Davies, M.E. et al. (1997). Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites: Solutions for Size and Shape. In: Barbieri, C., Rahe, J.H., Johnson, T.V., Sohus, A.M. (eds) The Three Galileos: The Man, the Spacecraft, the Telescope. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 220. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8790-7_20

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