A Deep-Space Triangulation Probe To Determine the Astronomical Unit

George Kocher, Dean T. Jamison

ResearchPublished 1964

Classic astronomy and radar ranging of Venus have given conflicting estimates of the astronomical unit. To reconcile these differences, a proposed experiment could determine the distance to a reflective space probe in kilometers (by radar) and in astronomical units (by triangulations). Such a determination would be conceptually independent of the other experiments. This report discusses the sensitivity to error, choice of orbit, methods of measurement, and necessary and desirable instruments.

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