Research Article

Influence of the Choice of Lunar Gravity Model on Orbit Determination for Lunar Orbiters

Table 16

Effect of lunar altitude of lunar gravity model on orbit determination of lunar orbiter.

Lunar gravity modelLunar altitudeOrbit position uncertainty (m, RMS)Orbit position accuracy (m, RMS)
RIC3DRIC3D

GLGM2
(70 × 70)
50 km
100 km
200 km
66.37
64.33
56.53
461.50
244.71
322.47
59.46
61.15
59.11
470.03
260.31
332.68
1118.06
1150.14
685.62
40373.16
9116.97
6611.22
4528.51
2508.43
794.69
40641.73
9525.45
6694.01

LP100K
(100 × 100)
50 km
100 km
200 km
37.63
21.33
10.58
102.75
57.88
28.18
67.89
36.69
17.43
128.78
71.77
34.78
5.79
3.26
1.77
17.85
9.16
4.73
12.43
5.31
2.70
22.51
11.08
5.72

LQ150Q
(150 × 150)
50 km
100 km
200 km
37.80
21.49
10.72
103.16
58.29
28.53
68.18
36.96
17.66
129.30
72.29
35.23
6.34
3.27
1.76
19.79
9.23
4.72
13.62
5.33
2.69
24.85
11.15
5.71

GRAIL420A
(420 × 420)
50 km
100 km
200 km
4.66
4.72
5.04
14.38
14.25
14.65
8.32
8.29
8.69
17.26
17.15
17.76
0.92
0.62
0.69
3.76
2.08
2.79
2.15
1.23
1.80
4.43
2.50
3.39

GRAIL660B
(660 × 660)
50 km
100 km
200 km
4.66
4.72
5.04
14.38
14.25
14.65
8.32
8.29
8.69
17.26
17.15
17.76
0.91
0.62
0.70
3.81
2.09
2.78
2.16
1.25
1.79
4.47
2.51
3.38