Lunar Gravitational Potential

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

The scalar potential function of the Moon's gravitational field, expanded in Legendre polynomials into zonal harmonics (longitude-independent axially symmetric components) and tesseral/sectoral harmonics (longitude-dependent asymmetric components). The expansion coefficients are derived from tracking data of lunar probes such as Lunar Prospector.

Application Value

The Lunar Gravitational Potential is expanded in Legendre polynomials into zonal harmonics and tesseral/sectoral harmonics. The expansion coefficients are derived from tracking data of lunar probes such as Lunar Prospector.

References

  • Sanna et al., 2024, Aerospace 11, 460
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