Present Status of ILOM for Future Lunar Missions

Hideo HANADA; Seiitsu TSURUTA; Kazuyoshi ASARI; Hiroshi ARAKI; Hirotomo NODA; Shingo KASHIMA; Ken-ichi FUNAZAKI; Fuyuhiko KIKUCHI; Koji MATSUMOTO; Yusuke KONO; Hiroo KUNIMORI; Sho SASAKI

doi:10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2014.03.006

Journal of Deep Space Exploration ›› 2014, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (3) :200 -204. DOI: 10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2014.03.006

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Present Status of ILOM for Future Lunar Missions

Hideo HANADA¹, Seiitsu TSURUTA¹, Kazuyoshi ASARI¹, Hiroshi ARAKI¹, Hirotomo NODA¹, Shingo KASHIMA¹, Ken-ichi FUNAZAKI², Fuyuhiko KIKUCHI¹, Koji MATSUMOTO¹, Yusuke KONO³, Hiroo KUNIMORI⁴, Sho SASAKI⁵

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Abstract

We investigated basic characteristics of the telescope for In-situ Lunar Orientation Measurement (ILOM), such as the centroid accuracy and the effects of temperature change, tilt and ground vibrations, by laboratory experiments using a Bread Board Model and by simulations. We have a prospect to observe the lunar rotation on the lunar surface with the accuracy of 1 milliarcsecond. We will make test observations on the ground in order to evaluate overall characteristics with the target accuracy of better than 0.1 arcseconds.

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Moon / ILOM / telescope / PZT / mercurypool

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Hideo HANADA, Seiitsu TSURUTA, Kazuyoshi ASARI, Hiroshi ARAKI, Hirotomo NODA, Shingo KASHIMA, Ken-ichi FUNAZAKI, Fuyuhiko KIKUCHI, Koji MATSUMOTO, Yusuke KONO, Hiroo KUNIMORI, Sho SASAKI. Present Status of ILOM for Future Lunar Missions. Journal of Deep Space Exploration, 2014, 1(3): 200-204 DOI:10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2014.03.006