Extending Science from Lunar Laser Ranging

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dc.contributor.authorViswanathan, Vishnu
dc.contributor.authorMazarico, Erwan
dc.contributor.authorMerkowitz, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, James G.
dc.contributor.authorTuryshev, Slava G.
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Douglas G.
dc.contributor.authorErmakov, Anton I.
dc.contributor.authorRambaux, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorFienga, Agnès
dc.contributor.authorCourde, Clément
dc.contributor.authorChabé, Julien
dc.contributor.authorTorre, Jean-Marie
dc.contributor.authorBourgoin, Adrien
dc.contributor.authorSchreiber, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorEubanks, Thomas M.
dc.contributor.authorWu, Chensheng
dc.contributor.authorDequal, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorAgnello, Simone Dell
dc.contributor.authorBiskupek, Liliane
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorKopeikin, Sergei
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-11T18:28:41Z
dc.date.available2020-09-11T18:28:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-21
dc.description.abstractThe 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 surface. The upcoming decade offers several opportunities to break new ground in data precision through the deployment of the next generation of single corner-cube lunar retroreflectors and active laser transponders. This is likely to expand the LLR station network. Lunar dynamical models and analysis tools have the potential to improve and fully exploit the long temporal baseline and precision allowed by millimetric LLR data. Some of the model limitations are outlined for future efforts. Differential observation techniques will help mitigate some of the primary limiting factors and reach unprecedented accuracy. Such observations and techniques may enable the detection of several subtle signatures required to understand the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system and the deep lunar interior. LLR model improvements would impact multi-disciplinary fields that include lunar and planetary science, Earth science, fundamental physics, celestial mechanics and ephemerides.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09584en_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.genrewhite papersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2yugt-qgqk
dc.identifier.citationVishnu Viswanathan et al., Extending Science from Lunar Laser Ranging, https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.09584en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19647
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Physics Department
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dc.titleExtending Science from Lunar Laser Rangingen_US
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