The Geometric Calibration of the Planck satellite using Solar System Objects
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The geometric calibration of the Planck satellite using the planetary transits is investigated, together with the reconstruction of any offsets from the nominal layout of the focal plane. The methods presented here may be applied to a single focal plane transit of a planet, to find the values of the geometric-calibration parameters at the epoch of the transit or all the transits over the course of the mission. The pointing requirements are easily met, with the pointing reconstruction being dominated by the errors due to the star tracker.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0510559,
title = {The Geometric Calibration of the Planck satellite using Solar System Objects},
author = {D. L. Harrison and F. van Leeuwen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0510559},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS