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<div id="contentwrapper"><div id="rightcontent"><div id="headimage"><img height="100" width="530" alt="National Space Science Data Center Header" src="/logo/nssdc_header.jpg"/></div><h1>Laser Retro-Reflector Lunar Libration Data</h1><p><strong>NSSDC ID:</strong> PSCM-00020</p><p><strong>Availability:</strong> At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)</p><p><strong>Time span:</strong> 1973-01-08 to 1977-09-14</p><div class="twocol"><div class="urone"><h2>Description</h2><p>
          These lunar libration data are on binary magnetic tape created on a UNIVAC computer. There are five types of records on the tape. The first is a header containing start time (Julian day), stop time and mesh size. The second record is a text containing UNIVAC filldata identifying the data on the tape. The third and fourth records contain the parameter names and values, respectively. The remaining records contain reference time of difference lines, mesh spacing used in difference lines, and an array of position (angle) at reference time, derivation of angle and sum of derivation for 12 counts.
          </p></div><div class="urtwo"><h2>Discipline</h2><ul><li>Planetary Science: Celestial Mechanics</li></ul><h2>Old NSSDC IDs</h2><ul><li>69-059C-04D</li><li>69-059C-04E</li><li>71-008C-09B</li><li>71-008C-09C</li><li>71-063C-08B</li><li>71-063C-08C</li><li>73-001A-01B</li></ul><h2>Additional Information</h2><h3>Spacecraft</h3><ul><li><a href="/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1969-059C">Apollo 11 Lunar Module / EASEP</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1971-008C">Apollo 14 Lunar Module / ALSEP</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1971-063C">Apollo 15 Lunar Module / ALSEP</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1973-001A">Luna 21/Lunokhod 2</a></li></ul><h3>Experiments</h3><ul><li><a href="/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1969-059C-04">Apollo 11 Lunar Module / EASEP: Laser Ranging Retroreflector</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1971-008C-09">Apollo 14 Lunar Module / ALSEP: Laser Ranging Retroreflector</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1971-063C-08">Apollo 15 Lunar Module / ALSEP: Laser Ranging Retroreflector</a></li><li><a href="/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1973-001A-01">Luna 21/Lunokhod 2: Lunar Laser Retro-Reflector</a></li></ul><h2/><p>
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          <a href="mailto:nssdc-request@lists.nasa.gov?Subject=NMC Comment/Question:  (PSCM-00020)">Coordinated Request and User Support Office</a>.
          </p></div></div><div class="clear"> </div><h2>Personnel</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="datatab"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Original Affiliation</th><th>E-mail</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Dr. James G. Williams</td><td>General Contact</td><td>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory</td><td>jwilliams@mail2.jpl.nasa.gov</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>Related Information</h2>

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<a href="http://www.csr.utexas.edu/mlrs/">McDonald Laser Ranging Station</a> (University of Texas)<br/>
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