Zenith Camera Data Reduction Program. Merritt's Modified Dependences, a Research Study Concerning an Enhanced Version of the Method of Modified Dependences

摘要

A primarily analytical study of a developmental data reduction procedure for camera orientation is presented. The method described in this section is an effort to render the known method of Modified Dependences more rigorous, and to derive the secondary advantages pertaining to the determination of camera constants and the coordinates of an unknown body. A numerical model providing the results of the described procedure and the Tangential Method covered in the first section of the project report is also presented. The numerical model is based upon a data obtained from a RADC Zenith Camera plate processed by the Autometric Operation. (Author)