Current Status and Outlook of Japanese Lunar and Planetary Geodesy

• Matsumoto Koji

  RISE Project Office, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 日本の月・惑星測地学の現状と今後の展望
• ニホン ノ ツキ ・ ワクセイ ソクチガク ノ ゲンジョウ ト コンゴ ノ テンボウ

Abstract

The first result in Japanese planetary geodesy was brought by the asteroid mission Hayabusa which estimated the bulk density of the asteroid Itokawa through the measurements of gravity and shape. The Japanese lunar mission SELENE was also successful in terms of geodetic research to achieve developing improved models of the lunar topography and gravity. I review the international circumstance around the time of SELENE, the framework of SELENE geodetic mission operation, and the scientific outcomes from SELENE geodetic mission instruments. I point out the current difficulties in promoting future missions and propose possible approach to solve the problems.

Journal

• Journal of the Geodetic Society of Japan

  Journal of the Geodetic Society of Japan 59 (3), 63-70, 2013

  The Geodetic Society of Japan

Details

• CRID: 1390001204067299840
• NII Article ID: 130005087096
• NII Book ID: AN00134900
• DOI: 10.11366/sokuchi.59.63
• ISSN: 2185517X
• ISSN: 00380830
• NDL BIB ID: 025169018
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/025169018
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025169018
• Text Lang: ja
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