Acknowledgments and References

Table of Links

Abstract and 1. Introduction

2. Clock in Orbit

   2.1 Coordinate Time

   2.2 Local Frame for the Moon

3. Clock Rate Differences Between Earth and Moon

4. Clocks at Earth-Moon Lagrance Points

   4.1 Clock at Lagrange point L1

   4.2. Clock at Lagrange point L2

   4.3. Clock at Lagrange point L4 or L5

5. Conclusions

Appendix 1: Fermi Coordinates with Origin at the Center of the Moon

Appendix 2: Construction of Freely Falling Center of Mass Frame

Appendix 3: Equations of Motion of Earth and Moon

Appendix 4: Comparing Results in Rotating and Non-Rotating Coordinate Systems

Acknowledgments and References

Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the funding we received from the NASA grant NNH12AT81I. We are grateful to Elizabeth Donley, who carefully and critically reviewed the manuscript and provided valuable suggestions. We would also like to express our gratitude to Cheryl Gramling for initiating discussions on lunar time. We extend our sincere thanks to Roger Brown, Thomas Heavner, Judah Levine, Jeffrey Sherman, and Daniel Slichter for their review of the manuscript. This work is a contribution of NIST and is not subject to US copyright.

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