Calculation Model and Error Analysis of Lunar Laser Time-Frequency Transfer Based on General Relativity

Renfang Geng; Zhibo Wu; Yong Huang; Wendong Meng; Kai Tang; Haifeng Zhang; Tong Liu; Wenbin Wang; Zhongping Zhang

doi:10.3788/CJL240878

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 52, Issue 2, 0204003(2025)

Calculation Model and Error Analysis of Lunar Laser Time-Frequency Transfer Based on General Relativity

Renfang Geng^1,2, Zhibo Wu^1,4、*, Yong Huang^1,2、**, Wendong Meng^1,4, Kai Tang¹, Haifeng Zhang^1,4, Tong Liu³, Wenbin Wang³, and Zhongping Zhang^1,4

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¹Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China

²School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Technology and Engineering Centre for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴Key Laboratory of Space Object and Debris Observation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu , China

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Renfang Geng, Zhibo Wu, Yong Huang, Wendong Meng, Kai Tang, Haifeng Zhang, Tong Liu, Wenbin Wang, Zhongping Zhang. Calculation Model and Error Analysis of Lunar Laser Time-Frequency Transfer Based on General Relativity[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2025, 52(2): 0204003

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