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April 15, 20260 citationsOpen Access

LCRS: Computing Ephemerides in a Lunar Reference Frame

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MEM. K. ElrodSSSusan G. Stewart

Key Points

  • The aim is to compute solar system ephemerides from a lunar perspective to support upcoming space missions.
  • Develop techniques for calculating ephemerides from lunar-centric inertial frames.
  • Utilize lunar body-fixed frames such as ME and PA.
  • Assess the navigation needs of upcoming lunar missions.
  • Demonstrated the importance of lunar perspective in computing ephemerides for navigation.
  • Outlined methodologies tailored to the specific requirements of lunar missions.

Abstract

With the advent of new and increased mission to the lunar space, navigation and ephemerides needs change and we begin to look at the sky from the perspective of the lunar surface. It is now necessary to compute the ephemerides of the solar system from the perspective of the Moon. Previous use of ephemerides in cislunar space had the goal of getting space craft into orbit or on the surface of the Moon. With increased missions and framework designed around return of human missions on the surface of the Moon, computing ephemerides from the lunar perspective is a key factor for the next steps of space exploration. This paper will present techniques to compute epheremis for the solar system from both lunarcentric inertial frames, and from lunar body-fixed frames like ME and PA.

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Elrod et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2cb9e4eeef8a2a6b2005https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19555051
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