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Lunar Reflectors

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Mission Photos:
Lunar Lunar reflector locations

 

Mission Objectives:

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin deployed a variety of scientific experiments in the fine powder of the Sea of Tranquility. Among those devices was a laser ranging retroreflector, which, a generation later, is still yielding fundamental scientific data.

Scientists who analyze data from the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment have reported some watershed results from these long-term experiments, said team investigator Dr. Jean Dickey at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

Laser ranging has made possible a wealth of new information about the dynamics and structure of the Moon. Among many new observations, scientists now believe that the Moon may harbor a liquid core. The theory has been proposed from data on the Moon's rate of rotation and very slight bobbing motions caused by gravitational forces from the Sun and Earth.

Other recent findings from the laser ranging experiments include:

  • Verification of Einstein's theory of relativity, which states that all bodies fall with the same acceleration regardless of their mass.
  • The length of an Earth day has distinct small-scale variations, changing by about one thousandth of a second over the course of a year.
  • Precise positions of the laser ranging observatories on Earth are slowly drifting as the crustal plates on Earth drift.
  • Ocean tides on Earth have a direct influence on the Moon's orbit. Measurements show that the Moon is receding from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches (about 3.8 centimeters) per year.
  • Lunar ranging has greatly improved scientists' knowledge of the Moon's orbit, enough to permit accurate analyses of solar eclipses as far back as 1400 B.C.

Investigators at JPL (J. Williams, et. al.) have computed lunar ephemerides and coordinates of the lunar reflectors in two systems, principal axes and mean earth/mean rotation axes. More information about this analysis can be found in the publications listed below.

Mission Instrumentation:

The only instrumentation on the moon related to laser ranging are the five retro-reflectors arrays (three US, two French/Russian).

Mission Parameters:
Lunar Parameters
Apollo 11 Luna 17 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Luna 21
Sponsor: United States Russia and France United States United States Russia and France
Life: Many decades Many decades Many decades Many decades Many decades
Applications: Lunar science Lunar science Lunar science Lunar science Lunar science
COSPAR ID: 0000100 0000101 0000102 0000103 0000104
Date: Jul 21, 1969 Nov 1, 1970 Feb 5, 1971 Jul 31, 1971 Jan 15, 1973
RRA Size: 46 cm by 46 cm 44 cm by 19 cm 46 cm by 46 cm 104 cm by 61 cm 44 cm by 19 cm
RRA Shape: Square Rectangular Square Rectangular Rectangular
Reflectors: 100 14 100 300 14
Orbit: Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical
Inclination: 5.145 degrees 5.145 degrees 5.145 degrees 5.145 degrees 5.145 degrees
Eccentricity: 0.0549 0.0549 0.0549 0.0549 0.0549
Perigee: 356,400 km 356,400 km 356,400 km 356,400 km 356,400 km
Period: 29.53 days 29.53 days 29.53 days 29.53 days 29.53 days

Additional Information:

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Publications:

  • Alley, C.O., Bowman, S.R., Rayner, J.D., Wang, B.C., and Yang, F.M., "First Lunar Ranging Results from The University of Maryland Research Station at the 1.2M Telescope of the GSFC," Proc. of the 6th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Antibes, France, September 22-26, p. 625, 1986.
  • Bender, P., Currie, D.G., Dicke, R.H., Eckhardt, D.H., Faller, J.E., et al, "The Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment", Science, Vol. 182, pp. 229-237, 1973.
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  • Bourdet, H. and Dumoulin, C., "Description of the 1.5 in Telescope Realized by INAG for the CERGA Lunar Laser Ranging System", Proc. of the 4th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Austin, Texas, published by Geodetic Institute, Univ. of Bonn, October 12-16, p. 190, 1981.
  • Bowman, S.R., Alley, C.O., Degnan, J.J., Cao, W.L., Zhang, M.Z. and Wang, N.H., "New Laser Developments Toward a Centimeter Accuracy Lunar Ranging System", 5th International Workshop on Laser ranging Instrumentation, Herstmonceux, U.K., published by Geodetic Institute, Univ. Bonn, p. 480, 1984.
  • Bowman, S.R., Rayner, J.R. and Alley, C.O., "Analysis and Performance of a Passive Polarization Telescope Coupling Switch For Lunar Laser Ranging", Proc. of the 6th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Antibes, France, September 22-26, p. 273, 1986.
  • Calame, O. and Gaignebet, J., "French Lunar Laser Ranging Station", Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Lagonissi, Greece, May 23-27, p. 139, 1978.
  • Chapront, J., Chapront-Touze, M. and Francou, G., "A new determination of lunar orbital parameters, precession constant and tidal acceleration from LLR measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics. Vol. 387, p. 700, 2002.
  • Charlot, P., Sovers, O.J., Williams, J.G. and Newhall, X X, "Precession and nutation from joint analysis of radio interferometric and lunar laser ranging observations", Astron. J., 109, pp. 418-427, 1995.
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  • Dickey, J.O., Williams, J.G., and Newhall, X X, "Fifteen Years of Lunar Laser Ranging Accomplishments and Future Challenges", 5th International Workshop on Laser ranging Instrumentation, Herstmonceux, U.K., published by Geodetic Institute, Univ. Bonn, p. 19, 1984.
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  • Dickey, J., "Lunar Geophysics, Geodesy, and Dynamics (Invited)", Presentation to 13th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Washington, DC, USA, October 7-11, 2002.
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  • Folkner, W.M., Charlot, P., Finger, M.H., Williams, J.G., Sovers, O.J., Newhall, X X, and Standish, E.M.,"Determination of the extragalactic-planetary frame tie from joint analysis of radio interferometric and lunar laser ranging measurements", Astron. Astrophys. 287, 279-289, 1994.
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  • Newhall, X X, Williams, J.G., and Dickey, J.O., "Earth Rotation (UT0-UTC and Variation of Latitude) from Lunar Laser Ranging", International Earth Rotation Service Note 17, ed. P. Charlot, M7-M12, 1994.
  • Newhall, X X, Williams, J.G., and Dickey, J.O., "Earth Rotation (UT0) from Lunar Laser Ranging", JPL preprint No.175, submitted for the IERS annual report, 1989.
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