Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction
Joint Authors
Huang, Yong
Li, Peijia
Hu, Xiaogong
Fan, Min
Shan, Quan
Li, Haitao
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Chinese Mars exploration mission is planned to be launched in 2020, which includes an orbiter, a lander, and a rover.
High precision Martian ephemeris is very important in Mars exploration, especially for the Martian orbit insertion and the Martian lander/rover landing.
In this paper, we used simulation data to analyze the short-term prediction accuracy of the Martian ephemeris.
The simulation results show that the accuracy of Mars position is expected to be better than 50 m for 180-day prediction, when 90-150 days’ range measurements are used to estimate the orbit of the Mars.
Range bias affects the prediction accuracy and the arc length for estimation is limited.
The prediction accuracy will improve with higher orbit, and the orbit error of probes has an obvious effect on the prediction accuracy of the Martian ephemeris.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shan, Quan& Li, Peijia& Huang, Yong& Fan, Min& Li, Haitao& Hu, Xiaogong. 2018. Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction. Advances in Astronomy،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114240
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shan, Quan…[et al.]. Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction. Advances in Astronomy No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114240
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shan, Quan& Li, Peijia& Huang, Yong& Fan, Min& Li, Haitao& Hu, Xiaogong. Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction. Advances in Astronomy. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114240
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1114240