4.2.2                 Selection and application of gravity models

a.              For Earth orbits the gravity model EIGEN-GLO4C given in [RN.1] shall be used.

NOTE              The EIGEN-GLO4C model has a spatial resolution in latitude and longitude of 1° 1° (corresponding to degree order = 360 360).

b.              Data on gravitational effects from tides and on Earth orientation parameters shall be obtained from the International Earth Rotation Service IERS given in [RN.2].

c.               For third body gravitational perturbations the Development Ephemerides data on planets (DE-405) and the Lunar Ephemerides data (LE-405), both given in [RN.3], shall be used.

d.              For planetary mass values the 2003 standards of the International Earth Rotation Services IERS, as described in IERS Technical Note 32 [RN.2], shall be used.