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The 1970–1984 lunar laser ranging observations in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Journal for the History of Astronomy ( IF 0.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 , DOI: 10.1177/0021828621989110
V.N. Tryapitsyn 1 , D.A. Pavlov 2, 3 , E.I. Yagudina 2 , V.V. Rumyantsev 1
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The Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) has been the main method of study of the dynamics of the Sun-Earth-Moon system since 1969 to present. Lunar parts of the three modern high-precision ephemerides of the Solar system bodies are based solely on LLR measurements: DE (USA), EPM (Russia), INPOP (France). LLR measurements allow to determine parameters of lunar orbital and rotational motion, as well as some parameters related to terrestrial and lunar tides, and also fundamental relativistic parameters. Those parameters were determined from LLR with high accuracy by different authors. In USSR, LLR measurements were performed in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) in Nauchny, on the 2.6 m Shajn’s Zenith telescope (ZTSh) with an automated laser ranging system developed by the Russian Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI). Within the time span of 1969–1984, 1400 measurements were obtained. Unlike LLR measurements done in other observatories, they were eventually forgotten and have not made their way into the dataset that is used by scientists worldwide to build lunar ephemerides and conduct other lunar research. The main reason for writing this paper was the discovery by Tryapitsyn, a researcher at the Katziveli station of CrAO, of old printouts containing the 1970–1984 LLR observations made with the ZTSh 2.6 m telescope. Some details were missing from the printouts, which required careful restoration work. In this paper the history of those LLR observations with surrounding historical events is presented, and some details of the analysis these observations are described. Of particular interest is the finding related to the three normal points of Lunokhod-1 ranges obtained in 1974 that allowed Odile Calame to determine the rover’s position with a few kilometers accuracy. Unfortunately, the accuracy was not sufficient for other researchers to confirm and pin down the location of the rover.



中文翻译:

1970-1984年在克里米亚天体观测站进行的月球激光测距观测

自1969年至今,月球激光测距(LLR)一直是研究太阳-地球-月亮系统动力学的主要方法。太阳系主体的三个现代高精度星历的月球部分仅基于LLR测量:DE(美国),EPM(俄罗斯),INPOP(法国)。LLR测量可以确定月球轨道和旋转运动的参数,以及与地面和月球潮汐有关的一些参数,以及基本相对论参数。这些参数是由不同作者从LLR高精度确定的。在苏联,LLR的测量是在Nauchny的克里米亚天体物理观测台(CrAO)上,由俄罗斯列别杰夫物理研究所(LPI)开发的2.6 m沙欣的天顶望远镜(ZTSh)上进行的。在1969-1984年间,获得1400次测量。与其他天文台进行的LLR测量不同,它们最终被遗忘,并且没有进入全世界科学家用来构建月球星历和进行其他月球研究的数据集中。撰写本文的主要原因是CrAO的Katziveli站的研究员Tryapitsyn发现了旧的打印输出,其中包含使用ZTSh 2.6 m望远镜进行的1970–1984 LLR观测。打印输出中缺少一些细节,需要仔细的修复工作。本文介绍了这些LLR观测值的历史以及周围的历史事件,并描述了这些观测值的分析细节。特别令人感兴趣的是与1974年获得的Lunokhod-1范围的三个法线点有关的发现,该发现使Odile Calame能够以几公里的精度确定流动站的位置。不幸的是,准确性不足以让其他研究人员确认并确定流动站的位置。

更新日期:2021-02-09
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