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Lunar Laser Ranging: a tool for general relativity, lunar geophysics and Earth science / Jurgen Müller in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°11 (November 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n°11 (November 2019) Titre : Lunar Laser Ranging: a tool for general relativity, lunar geophysics and Earth science Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jurgen Müller, Auteur ; Thomas W. Murphy Jr, Auteur ; Ulrich Schreiber, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] géophysique [Termes IGN] Lune [Termes IGN] paramètres d'orientation de la Terre [Termes IGN] principe d'équivalence [Termes IGN] relativité générale [Termes IGN] repère de référence [Termes IGN] rétroréflecteur [Termes IGN] sciences de la Terre et de l'univers [Termes IGN] signal laser [Termes IGN] télémétrie laser sur la Lune Résumé : (auteur) Only a few sites on Earth are technically equipped to carry out Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) to retroreflector arrays on the surface of the Moon. Despite the weak signal, they have successfully provided LLR range data for about 49 years, generating about 26,000 normal points. Recent system upgrades and new observatories have made millimeter-level range accuracy achievable. Based on appropriate modeling and sophisticated data analysis, LLR is able to determine many parameters associated with Earth–Moon dynamics, involving the lunar ephemeris, lunar physics, the Moon’s interior, reference frames and Earth orientation parameters. LLR has also become one of the strongest tools for testing Einstein’s theory of general relativity in the solar system. By extending the standard solution, it is possible to solve for parameters related to gravitational physics, like the temporal variation of the gravitational constant, metric parameters as well as the strong equivalence principle, preferred-frame effects and standard-model extensions. This paper provides a review about LLR measurement and analysis. After a short historical overview, we describe the key findings of LLR, the apparatus and technologies involved, the requisite modeling techniques, some recent results and future prospects on all fronts. We expect continued improvements in LLR, maintaining its lead in contributing to science. Numéro de notice : A2019-611 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-019-01296-0 Date de publication en ligne : 17/09/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-019-01296-0 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94799 [article]