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L.R. Busquets

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Performance analysis of the Trilogy mission concept

Expected improvements in planetary ephemerides and asteroid mass estimations

Our current knowledge of Solar System dynamics is limited by a combination of unknowns, including the masses of most asteroids and the mass loss rate and oblateness of the Sun. Highly precise Interplanetary Laser Ranging (ILR) measurements have been suggested to enable the recons ...