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Author:   Zdenek Kopal ,  C.L. Goudas
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1967 ed.
Volume:   8
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9789027701251

ISBN 10:   9027701253
Pages:   497
Publication Date:   31 July 1967
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I / Librations of the Moon.- Recent Researches on the Determination of the Moon’s Physical Libration Constants, with Special Consideration of Cracow Investigations.- Cassini’s Second and Third Laws.- The Moon’s Mechanical Ellipticity: Schrutka-Rechtenstamm’s and Habibullin’s Artifice in the Light of the Reduction of the 1st Part of Bamberg Series.- The Moon’s Rotation Constants and the Coordinates of Mösting A from the Heliometric Observations of Banachiewicz.- A Contribution to the Study of the Moon’s Physical Libration in Longitude.- Lunar Physical Libration Theory.- Photographic Techniques for the Determination of the Moon’s Constants of Rotation.- Discussion.- II / Selenodetic Observations and Measurements.- Selenodetic Observations — an Introduction.- Lunar Research at the Kottamia Observatory.- A Selenodetic Evaluation of Eleven Paris Lunar Photographs.- Selenodetic Equipment for Observations of Three Annular Eclipses.- Note on a Photometric Determination of the Moon’s Form from Eclipse Observations.- Lunar Profiles determined from the Annular Solar Eclipses of 1962 and 1963.- The Use of the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope for Selenodetic Observations.- Laser Measurement of Earth-Moon Distance and Selenography.- Investigating the Moon’s Motion by Laser Ranging.- Discussion.- III / Shape and Gravitational Field of the Moon.- Harmonic Analysis of the Moon’s Shape and Gravitational Field.- What can we say about the Shape of the Moon?.- Observational Uncertainties in Lunar Control Systems.- Control Integration for Lunar Mapping.- The Manchester Selenodetic Control System.- The LPL Program for Selenodetic Positions: Results and Comparison with Contemporary Selenodetic Work.- Estimate of Four Topocentric Lunar Radii.- Analysis of Satellite OrbitPerturbations to determine the Lunar Gravitational Field.- Lunar Gravity from Orbiter Tracking Data.- A Differential Orbit Improvement Program for Lunar Orbiter.- Discussion.- IV / Topography and Mapping of the Lunar Surfaces.- Photometric Methods for Determination of Lunar Relief.- Selenodesy for the Apollo Project.- Terminator Photography in Oblique Illumination for Lunar Topographic Work.- Measurements and Reductions of Relative Lunar Altitudes.- High-Resolution Lunar Photography.- Isodensitometric Aids to Lunar Charting.- Determination of the Moon’s Shape by the Photometry of its Terminator.- Isodensitometric Measurements of Lunar Slopes from the Ranger Photographs.- Discussion.- Concluding Survey.- Index of Names.

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