Analytical modeling of the Doppler tracking between a lander and a mars orbiter in terms of rotational dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Yseboodt, Marie ^a   Barriot, Jean Pierre ^b   Dehant, Véronique ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DOPPLER RADAR; MARS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; ROTATION; SATELLITE;

EID: 0344553279     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002045     Document Type: Article

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