RT Journal Article
T1 Opportunities to observe solar eclipses by Phobos with the Mars Science Laboratory
A1 Barderas Manchado, Gonzalo
A1 Romero Pérez, María Del Pilar
A1 Vázquez Martínez, Luis
A1 Vázquez Poletti, José Luis
A1 Martín Llorente, Ignacio
AB We have generated predictions for observing Phobos transits during the period 2012–2014 using the Mars Science Laboratory. We describe how the detections of Phobos eclipses can be used as an alternative procedure to determine the coordinates of the rover. We present a numerical simulation to analyse the sensitivity of the precise observed contact times to the coordinate determination. The numerical results show that after four days of eclipse observations for 1 min each day, within the 25 × 20 km2 landing site ellipse, the position of the lander can be determined to within an ellipse of 40 × 60 m2 for uncertainties of 1 s in eclipse time observations. A 20 × 15 m2 ellipse is estimated if a 0.1-s time precision can be gathered.
PB Wiley
SN 0035-8711
YR 2012
FD 2012-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42438
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42438
NO Barderas Manchado, G., Romero Pérez, M. P., Vázquez Martínez, L. et al. «Opportunities to Observe Solar Eclipses by Phobos with the Mars Science Laboratory: Observing Solar Eclipses by Phobos with the MSL». Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 426, n.o 4, noviembre de 2012, pp. 3195-200. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21939.x.
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (España)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO MEIGA MET-NET PRECURSOR
NO HPCloud
NO MEDIANET
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025