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Analysis of Lunar Occultation Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

M. M. McCants  and
R. Edward Nather
M. M. McCants
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory and The University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.
R. Edward Nather
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory and The University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The technique of model fitting has been applied to the analysis of data obtained from photoelectric measurements of lunar occultations. A model occultation curve is generated and fitted, by least squares, to the observed light curve, and by this method the values of the model parameters are determined, together with their formal errors. This technique is contrasted with Scheuer’s deconvolution procedure by applying both methods to the same observed data.

Type
III. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 1970 , 1971 , pp. 668 - 674
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

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