大陸横断のベースラインと,ラジオ干渉計で測定された地球の自転
まとめ
非常に長いベースラインインターフェロメトリー (VLBI) 実験では,ベースラインの長さを測定し,地球を決定する際に高い精度を達成しました.
科学分野:
- 天文学と地球物理学について
- ラジオ天文学 ラジオ天文学
- ジオデシ (Geodesy) とは
背景:
- 非常に長いベースラインインターフェロメトリ (VLBI) は,遠く離れた天文物を見るために広く分離された電波望遠鏡を使用する技術です.
- 地球の自転と構造の正確な測定は,様々な科学分野にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 地検測定のためのVLBIの精度を評価する.
- VLBIデータを用いて宇宙時間と極運動の変化を決定する.
- 固体地球の潮の検出を調査するために.
主な方法:
- 1972年から1973年の間に,3900km離れたラジオ望遠鏡を用いて9回のVLBI実験を行った.
- 収集したラジオ天文学のデータを分析して,ベースラインの長さ,宇宙時間,極の運動を計算した.
- VLBIの結果と,光学的な方法で得られた結果を比較した.
主要な成果:
- ベースラインの長さの測定を達成し,平方根平均の偏差は20センチメートル未満 (~5x10^-8の分数分布) でした.
- 決定された普遍時間と極運動は,光学的な方法と比較して,平方根平均分散がそれぞれ2.9ミリ秒と1.3メートルである.
- 固体地球の潮の証拠を観測したが,振幅の推定は不可能だった.
結論:
- VLBIは,正確なベースラインの長さの決定を含む,地質学的アプリケーションの高精度を示しました.
- この研究は,VLBIが地球の自転と位置の変化を正確に追跡する能力を確認した.
- 固土の潮検出が示され,改良された方法によるさらなる調査を正当化しました.
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