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Main Title: | Determination of the lunar body tide from global laser altimetry data |
Author(s): | Thor, Robin N. Kallenbach, Reinald Christensen, Ulrich R. Gläser, Philipp Stark, Alexander Steinbrügge, Gregor Oberst, Jürgen |
Type: | Article |
Is Part Of: | 10.14279/depositonce-10408 |
Language Code: | en |
Abstract: | We use global data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) to retrieve the lunar tidal Love number h2 and find h2=0.0387±0.0025. This result is in agreement with previous estimates from laser altimetry using crossover points of LOLA profiles. The Love numbers k2 and h2 are key constraints on planetary interior models. We further develop and apply a retrieval method based on a simultaneous inversion for the topography and the tidal signal benefiting from the large volume of LOLA data. By the application to the lunar tides, we also demonstrate the potential of the method for future altimetry experiments at other planetary bodies. The results of this study are very promising with respect to the determination of Mercury’s and Ganymede’s h2 from future altimeter measurements. |
URI: | https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12354 http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11194 |
Issue Date: | 23-Dec-2020 |
Date Available: | 6-Jan-2021 |
DDC Class: | 629 Andere Fachrichtungen der Ingenieurwissenschaften 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Subject(s): | tides laser altimetry Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter lunar interior |
Sponsor/Funder: | TU Berlin, Open-Access-Mittel – 2020 |
License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Journal Title: | Journal of geodesy |
Publisher: | Springer |
Publisher Place: | Heidelberg |
Volume: | 95 |
Article Number: | 4 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s00190-020-01455-8 |
EISSN: | 1432-1394 |
ISSN: | 0949-7714 |
Appears in Collections: | FG Planetengeodäsie » Publications |
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