Relativistic effects from planetary and lunar observations of the XVIII--XX centuries

G. A. Krasinsky, E. Yu. Aleshkina, E. V. Pitjeva, M. L. Sveshnikov

Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 114, In: J. Kovalevsky, V. A. Brumberg (Eds.): Relativity in celestial mechanics and astrometry, D. Reidel Publ. Com., Dordrecht, 315-328 (1986)

Аннотация

Lunar and planetary observations obtained during 1717-1982 are discussed. Modern ranging observations are treated apart from historical ones, and an attempt is made to detect relativistic effects. From transits of Mercury and Venus, corrections to the adopted system of differences between the ephemeris and the atomic time scales and a correction to Mercury's perihelion advance are deduced. Lunar tidal deceleration is determined on the basis of historical lunar observations and the obtained value is in good agreement with reported lunar laser results.