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Table 1

VLBI measurements of Mars spacecraft and asteroid modeling used for each planetary ephemeris considered in this work.

Ephemeris VLBI observations of Mars Dynamical modeling Ref
Period Number Accuracy (mas) Main belt Kuiper belt
DE200 3 1
DE405 1989 2 10–100 300 2
DE410 1989–2003 33 0.5 300 3
DE421 2001–2007 94 <0.5 343 4–5
DE430 2001–2013 151 <0.2 343 6
DE440 2001–2020 316 0.18–0.25 343 30 + 1 ring 7
EPM2011 1989–2010 144 0.8 301 + 1 ring 21 + 1 ring 8
EPM2015 1989–2013 204 0.18–6.2 301 + 1 ring 30 + 1 ring 9
EPM2017 1989–2014 204 0.18–6.2 301 + 3 rings 30 + 3 rings 10
EPM2021 1989–2014 204 0.18–6.2 277 + 3 rings 30 + 3 rings 11
INPOP06c 1989–2003 44 0.5 300 + 1 ring 12
INPOP08a 1989–2007 96 0.4 303 + 1 ring 13
INPOP10a 1989–2007 96 0.4 161 + 1 ring 14
INPOP10b 1989–2007 96 0.4 161 + 1 ring 15
INPOP10e 1989–2007 96 0.4 161 + 1 ring 16
INPOP13c 1989–2007 96 0.4 139 17
INPOP17a 1989–2013 194 0.3 168 18
INPOP19a 1989–2013 194 0.3 343 3 rings 19
INPOP21a 1989–2013 194 0.3 343 500 20

Notes. The accuracy of the VLBI observations is given by a priori accuracy or the scatter (root-mean-squared or standard deviation) of postfit residuals in the literature.

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