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Parametric Covariance Model for Horizon-Based Optical Navigation

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

*Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

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Andrew J. Liounis

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

†Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources; currently Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.

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John A. Christian

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

‡Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Senior Member AIAA.

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Published Online:19 Oct 2016https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G000708

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This work was made possible by NASA under award NNX13AJ25A. The authors thank Christopher D’Souza of the NASA Johnson Space Center for encouragement to investigate this problem. An earlier version of this manuscript was presented as American Astronomical Soceity Paper AAS 16-441 at the 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting in Napa, California, 14–18 February 2016.

Received8 June 2016
Accepted27 July 2016
Published online19 October 2016

Parametric Covariance Model for Horizon-Based Optical Navigation

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