Download or read book Analysis of Laser Data for Geodetic Purposes written by Irwin I. Shapiro and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MIT's Planetary Ephemeris Program has been modified to permit a weighted least squares estimate for variations in the earth's rotation and polar motion using earth satellite and lunar laser ranging data. A test solution was performed with data obtained during the first two years of the lunar laser ranging experiment. (Author).