Abstract
A Preliminary Control Net of Mars
The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90406
Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, USAF, St. Louis, Missouri 63166
A control net for Mars has been computed from measurements of 112 points identified on the Mariner 6 and 7 pictures, and areocentric coordinates of these points are presented. The coordinates of an initial point are determined, and the near-encounter frames of Mariner 6 and the adjoining near-encounter frames of Mariner 7 are tied to this initial point; then the far-encounter pictures of Mariner 6 and 7 are joined to the near-encounter pictures. The near-encounter Mariner 7 polar pass is located without reference to the far-encounter frames.
Received 30 July 1970; .
Citation: (1971), A Preliminary Control Net of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 76(2), 373–393.
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