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The Influence of Dynamic Solar Oblateness on Tracking Data Analysis from Past and Future Mercury Missions
DOI: 10.3390/rs14174139
Bibcode: 2022RemS...14.4139V
van der Zwaard, Rens; Dirkx, Dominic
When the BepiColombo spacecraft arrives at Mercury in late 2025, it will be able to measure the orbit of the planet with unprecedented accuracy, allowing for more accurate measurements of the perihelion advance of the planet, as predicted by the Theory of General Relativity (GR). A similar effect is produced by the gravitational oblateness of the …
2022
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Remote Sensing
BepiColombo
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