RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM for NEAR

urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:rss.near 1.1 RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM for NEAR 1.14.0.0 Product_Context 2023-05-12 1.1 Removed extraneous external references, replaced description with a short summary, and added Type List Area 2016-10-01 1.0 extracted metadata from PDS3 catalog and modified to comply with PDS4 Information Model urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.near instrument_to_instrument_host Konopliv, A.S., J.K. Miller, W.M. Owen, D.K. Yeomans, J.D. Giorgini, R. Garmier, J.-P. Barriot, 'A Global Solution for the Gravity Field, Rotation, Landmarks, and Ephemeris of Eros,' 16th International Symposium on Space Dynamics, Pasadena, CA, USA, 2001. reference.KONOPLIVETAL2001 Yeomans, D.K., J.-P. Barriot, D.W. Dunham, R.W. Farquhar, J.D. Giorgini, C.E. Helfrich, A.S. Konopliv, J.V. McAdams, J.K. Miller, W.M. Owen Jr., D.J. Scheeres, S.P. Synnott, B.G. Williams, 'Estimating the Mass of Asteroid 253 Mathilde from Tracking Data During the NEAR Flyby,' Science, 278, 2106-2109, 1997. reference.YEOMANSETAL1997B Yeomans, D.K., P.G. Antreasian, A. Cheng, D.W. Dunham, R.W. Farquhar, R.W. Gaskell, J.D. Giorgini, C.E. Helfrich, A.S. Konopliv, J.V. Mcadams, J.K. Miller, W.M. Owen Jr., P.C. Thomas, J. Veverka, B.G. Williams, 'Estimating The Mass Of Asteroid 433 Eros During The Near Spacecraft Flyby,' Science, 285, 560-561, 1999. reference.YEOMANSETAL1999 Yeomans, D.K., P.G. Antreasian, J.-P. Barriot, S.R. Chesley, D.W. Dunham, R.W. Farquhar, J.D. Giorgini, C.E. Helfrich, A.S. Konopliv, J.V. McAdams, J.K. Miller, W.M. Owen, D.J. Scheeres, P.C. Thomas, J. Veverka, B.G. Williams, 'Radio Science Results During the NEAR Shoemaker Spacecraft Rendezvous with Eros,' Science, 289, 2085-2088, 2000. reference.YEOMANSETAL2000 RADIO SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM Radio Science The NEAR Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) used a coherent X-band transponder to conduct a radio science investigation by measuring the Doppler shift from the spacecraft's radial velocity component relative to the Earth. Accurate measurements of the Doppler shift and the range to Earth as the spacecraft orbited Eros allowed mapping of the asteroid's gravity field. In conjunction with MSI/NIS and NLR data, gravity determinations were combined with global shape and rotation data to constrain the internal density structure of Eros and search for heterogeneity. Spacecraft tracking data for the radio science experiment were also obtained for a mass determination of Asteroid 253 Mathilde.