Use of MESSENGER radioscience data to improve planetary ephemeris and to test general relativity

A. K. Verma; A. Fienga; J. Laskar; H. Manche; M. Gastineau

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322124

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Table 4

Statistics of the residuals obtained after the INPOP13a fit.


Type of data		Nbr	Time interval	INPOP13a		INPOP10e
				mean	1σ	mean	1σ


Mercury	range [m]	462	1971.29–1997.60	–108	866	–45	872
Mercury Messenger	GINS range [m]	314	2011.39–2012.69	2.8	12.0	15.4	191.8
Out from SC^*	GINS range [m]	267	2011.39–2012.66	–0.4	8.4	6.2	205.2
Mercury Mariner	range [m]	2	1974.24–1976.21	–124	56	–52.5	113
Mercury flybys Mess	ra [mas]	3	2008.03–2009.74	0.85	1.35	0.73	1.48
Mercury flybys Mess	de [mas]	3	2008.03–2009.74	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5
Mercury flybys Mess	range [m]	3	2008.03–2009.74	–1.9	7.7	–5.05	5.8


Venus	VLBI [mas]	46	1990.70–2010.86	1.6	2.6	1.6	2.6
Venus	range [m]	489	1965.96–1990.07	502	2236	500	2235
Venus Vex	range [m]	24970	2006.32–2011.45	1.3	11.9	1.1	11.9


Mars	VLBI [mas]	96	1989.13–2007.97	–0.02	0.41	–0.00	0.41
Mars Mex	range [m]	21 482	2005.17–2011.45	–2.1	20.6	–1.3	21.5
Mars MGS	GINS range [m]	13 091	1999.31–2006.83	–0.6	3.3	-0.3	3.9
Mars Ody	range [m]	5664	2006.95–2010.00	1.6	2.3	0.3	4.1
Mars Path	range [m]	90	1997.51–1997.73	6.1	14.1	–6.3	13.7
Mars Vkg	range [m]	1257	1976.55–1982.87	–0.4	36.1	–1.4	39.7


Jupiter	VLBI [mas]	24	1996.54–1997.94	–0.5	11.0	–0.3	11.0
Jupiter Optical	ra [mas]	6532	1914.54–2008.49	–40	297	–39	297
Jupiter Optical	de [mas]	6394	1914.54–2008.49	–48	301	–48	301
Jupiter flybys	ra [mas]	5	1974.92–2001.00	2.6	2.9	2.4	3.2
Jupiter flybys	de [mas]	5	1974.92–2001.00	–11.0	11.5	–10.8	11.5
Jupiter flybys	range [m]	5	1974.92–2001.00	–1065	1862	–907	1646


Saturne Optical	ra [mas]	7971	1913.87–2008.34	–6	293	–6	293
Saturne Optical	de [mas]	7945	1913.87–2008.34	–12	266	–2	266
Saturne VLBI Cass	ra [mas]	10	2004.69–2009.31	0.19	0.63	0.21	0.64
Saturne VLBI Cass	de [mas]	10	2004.69–2009.31	0.27	0.34	0.28	0.33
Saturne Cassini	ra [mas]	31	2004.50–2007.00	0.8	3.4	0.8	3.9
Saturne Cassini	de [mas]	31	2004.50–2007.00	6.5	7.2	6.5	7.2
Saturne Cassini	range [m]	31	2004.50–2007.00	–0.010	18.44	–0.013	18.84


Uranus Optical	ra [mas]	13 016	1914.52–2011.74	7	205	7	205
Uranus Optical	de [mas]	13 008	1914.52–2011.74	–6	234	–6	234
Uranus flybys	ra [mas]	1	1986.07–1986.07	–21		–21
Uranus flybys	de [mas]	1	1986.07–1986.07	–28		–28
Uranus flybys	range [m]	1	1986.07–1986.07	20.7		19.7


Neptune Optical	ra [mas]	5395	1913.99–2007.88	2	258	0.0	258
Neptune Optical	de [mas]	5375	1913.99–2007.88	–1	299	–0.0	299
Neptune flybys	ra [mas]	1	1989.65–1989.65	–12		–12
Neptune flybys	de [mas]	1	1989.65–1989.65	–5		–5
Neptune flybys	range [m]	1	1989.65–1989.65	66.8		69.6


Pluto Optical	ra [mas]	2438	1914.06–2008.49	–186	664	34	654
Pluto Optical	de [mas]	2461	1914.06–2008.49	11	536	7	539
Pluto Occ	ra [mas]	13	2005.44–2009.64	6	49	3	47
Pluto Occ	de [mas]	13	2005.44–2009.64	–7	18	–6	18
Pluto HST	ra [mas]	5	1998.19–1998.20	–42	43	33	43
Pluto HST	de [mas]	5	1998.19–1998.20	31	48	28	48


Venus Vex^**	range [m]	2827	2011.45–2013.00	51	124	52	125
Mars Mex^**	range [m]	4628	2011.45–2013.00	–3.0	11.5	4.2	27.5

Notes. For comparison, means and standard deviations of residuals obtained with INPOP10e are given. The label GINS range indicates that the corresponding data set was obtained after orbit reconstruction of the spacecraft in using the GINS software. For MGS, see Verma et al. (2013).

^(*)

Solar corona period.

^(**)

Extrapolation period.

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