3 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Two birds with one stone: simultaneous realization of both Lunar Coordinate Time and lunar geoid time by a single orbital clock
Tian-Ning Yang, Ren-Fang Geng, Jing Zhang +3
Context. Among options for definition of the lunar reference time, the option taking Lunar Coordinate Time (O1) has its simplicity but cannot be realized by any clock without steer…
astro-ph.IM2025
Lunar Time Ephemeris : definitions, algorithm and performance
Xu Lu, Tian-Ning Yang, Yi Xie
Robotic and human activities in the cislunar space are expected to rapidly increase in the future. Modeling, jointly analysis and sharing of time measurements made in the vicinity…
astro-ph.IM2025
Lunar Time Ephemeris LTE440: User Manual
Xu Lu, Tian-Ning Yang, Yi Xie
We present the numerical lunar time ephemeris LTE440 based on the definition of Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in IAU 2024 Resoluti…