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Extending Science from Lunar Laser Ranging
Vishnu Viswanathan, Erwan Mazarico, Stephen Merkowitz +18
The Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) experiment has accumulated 50 years of range data of improving accuracy from ground stations to the laser retroreflector arrays (LRAs) on the lunar su…
Determining parameters of Moon's orbital and rotational motion from LLR observations using GRAIL and IERS-recommended models
Dmitry A. Pavlov, James G. Williams, Vladimir V. Suvorkin
The aim of this work is to combine the model of orbital and rotational motion of the Moon developed for DE430 with up-to-date astronomical, geodynamical, and geo- and selenophysica…
Historical Reflections on the Work of IAU Commission 4 (Ephemerides)
George H. Kaplan, John A. Bangert, Agnes Fienga +10
As part of a reorganization of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Commission 4 (Ephemerides) went out of existence after the IAU General Assembly in August 2015. This pape…
Corner-cube retro-reflector instrument for advanced lunar laser ranging
Slava G. Turyshev, James G. Williams, William M. Folkner +6
Lunar laser ranging (LLR) has made major contributions to our understanding of the Moon's internal structure and the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system. Because of the recent improv…
Bodily tides near the 1:1 spin-orbit resonance. Correction to Goldreich's dynamical model
James G. Williams, Michael Efroimsky
Spin-orbit coupling is often described in the "MacDonald torque" approach which has become the textbook standard. Within this method, a concise expression for the additional tidal…
Advancing Tests of Relativistic Gravity via Laser Ranging to Phobos
Slava G. Turyshev, William Farr, William M. Folkner +5
Phobos Laser Ranging (PLR) is a concept for a space mission designed to advance tests of relativistic gravity in the solar system. PLR's primary objective is to measure the curvatu…