Improvement of the numerical lunar ephemeris with laser ranging data
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Analysis of lunar laser ranging data is underway at several institutions. We describe here our efforts at improving the numerical ephemeris of Moon, based on over three years' span of data. Orbit generation and correction procedures are discussed briefly. Comparisons of the new ephemeris with observations and with a widely available ephemeris are illustrated. The standard deviation of the observation residuals is 7 m.
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Standard Deviation Correction Procedure Orbit Generation Lunar Laser Observation Residual
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