3 papers
astro-ph2005
The Geometric Calibration of the Planck satellite using Solar System Objects
D. L. Harrison, F. van Leeuwen
The geometric calibration of the Planck satellite using the planetary transits is investigated, together with the reconstruction of any offsets from the nominal layout of the focal…
astro-ph2005
The Geometric Calibration of the Planck satellite using point-source observations
D. L. Harrison, F. van Leeuwen
The geometric calibration of the Planck satellite is investigated, specifically those parameters which require the use of the science data for their extraction. Methods for the rec…
astro-ph2003
Methods for the Pointing Reconstruction of the Planck satellite
D. L. Harrison, F. van Leeuwen, M. Rowan-Robinson
This paper presents a method to reconstruct the position of the line of sight and orientation of the focal plane of the Planck satellite, which may be expressed by the parameters o…