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A determination of the earth tidal amplitude and phase from the orbital perturbations of the beacon explorer c spacecraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dunn, P. J. Kolenkiewicz, R. Smith, D. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | An analysis of the orbital inclination of the Beacon Explorer C spacecraft over a period of nearly five months in 1970 revealed a very clear and distinctive perturbation caused by the earth and ocean tides. The perturbation has a full amplitude of about 1.8 seconds of arc and a period of about 85 days. This amplitude is approximately 15% smaller than would be expected from the solid-earth tide alone and is shifted slightly in phase. The perturbation can be represented almost exactly by a Love number of k sub 2 = 0.245 with a phase lag of 3.2 degrees. The data used were laser range measurements obtained by a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center tracking system in Greenbelt, Maryland. |
| File Size | 365904 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730020633 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4hn00q10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Explorer 27 Satellite Amplitudes Love Waves Orbit Perturbation Earth Tides Ocean Currents Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
