Lunar Laser Ranging Data Deposited in the National Space Science Data Center: Filtered Observations for 1972 January through 1972 June and Unfiltered Photon Detections for 1972 July through 1972 December

摘要

One of the most striking new techniques in modern astrometry is that of laser ranging to a reflector fixed on a celestial object, partly because the attainable precision is so high that the data can tell us as much about Earth as about the observed object. The Apollo astronauts have now placed three widely separated reflector arrays on the Moon as a part of the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LURE), the participants in which are listed in the Acknowledgements.