NASA NTRS · 19760058274
Geocentric gravitational constant determined from spacecraft radiometric data
Abstract
The value of the geocentric gravitational constant was determined from the analysis of Doppler and range data during the near-earth phases of the trajectories of Mariners 9 and 10. Geocentric gravitational constant values (in units of cu km/sq s) for the two spacecraft were found to be: 398,600.7 plus or minus 0.2 for Mariner 9 and 398,600.6 plus or minus 0.2 for Mariner 10.
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Esposito, P. B., Ng, A. T. Y.. 1976-08-01. Geocentric gravitational constant determined from spacecraft radiometric data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760058274
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