Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
This report summarizes the current JPL efforts of generating a Mars gravity field from Viking 1 and 2 and Mariner 9 Doppler tracking data. The Mars 50c solution is a complete gravity field to degree and order 50 with solutions as well for the gravitational mass of Mars, Phobos, and Deimos. The constants and models used to obtain the solution are given and the method for determining the gravity field is presented. The gravity field is compared to the best current gravity GMM1 of Goddard Space Flight Center.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
NASA-CR-198881
,
JPL-PUBL-95-5
,
NAS 1.26:198881
Format:
application/pdf