Scientific Applications of Lunar Laser Ranging: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Austin, Tex., U.S.A., 8 – 10 June, 1976

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Maurice Ewing and the Exploration of the Oceans....Pages 1-8
Mathematical Modelling of Lunar Laser Measures and their Application to Improvement of Physical Parameters....Pages 9-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Scientific Expectations in the Selenosciences....Pages 21-36
Present Scientific Achievements from Lunar Laser Ranging....Pages 37-50
Lunar Dynamics and Selenodesy: Results from Analysis of VLBI and Laser Data....Pages 51-52
Free Librations of the Moon from Lunar Laser Ranging....Pages 53-63
A Numerical Study of the Effects of Fourth Degree Terms in the Earth-Moon Mutual Potential on Lunar Physical Librations....Pages 65-77
Analytical Theory for the Rotation of the Moon....Pages 79-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Verification of the Principle of Equivalence for Massive Bodies....Pages 89-89
Consequence of Integral Conservation Laws on Metric Parameters in the Analysis of the Nordtvedt Effect....Pages 91-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Whole Earth Dynamics and Lunar Laser Ranging....Pages 105-130
Core-Resonance Effects on the Earth’s Angular Momentum Vector and Rotation Axis—A Generalized Model....Pages 131-132
Effects of Oceanic Tides on the Rotation of the Earth....Pages 133-141
Dynamics of Polar Motion and Plate Tectonics....Pages 143-148
The Role of Extremely Accurate Surveying Techniques in Existing Geodetic Networks....Pages 149-156
An Intermediate Term Strategy for Deployment of Mobile Laser Stations....Pages 157-165
Suggested Pacific Plate Distortion Experiments....Pages 167-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
On the Problems of the Astrometric Methods and of the Lunar Laser Ranging in the Study of the Earth’s Rotation....Pages 171-178
Earth Rotation Study Using Lunar Laser Ranging Data....Pages 179-190
Earth Rotation as Inferred from McDonald Observatory Lunar Laser Observations During October 1975....Pages 191-200
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Accuracy Obtainable for Universal Time and Polar Motion During the Erold Campaign....Pages 201-216
McDonald Uto Results and Implications for the Erold Campaign....Pages 217-218
Universal Time: Lunar Ranging Results and Comparisons with VLBI and Classical Techniques....Pages 219-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
A Review of Perturbing Parameters which Affect the Quality of Laser Distance Measurements....Pages 223-239
Tidal Corrections at McDonald and Haleakala....Pages 241-254
Strategy for Geophysical Observations at Laser Sites — McDonald Observatory....Pages 255-262
The Deformational Environment of the Haleakala Lunar Laser Ranging Observatory....Pages 263-275
The Measurement of the Positions of Points on the Earth’s Surface using an Absolute Gravimeter and a Multi-Wavelength Geodimeter as Complements to Extraterrestrial Techniques....Pages 277-283
Geodesy by Radio Interferometry....Pages 285-286
Alsep-Quasar VLBI: Complementary Observable for Laser Ranging....Pages 287-287
Laser Ranging Techniques Required to Test Dirac’s Cosmological Model....Pages 289-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-305