Table 10
Test result of Moon Ephemeris Generation by Hermite interpolation
Interpolation order | Interpolation interval (days) | Maximum distance error (km) | Mean distance error (km) | Standard deviation (km) | Data budget (byte/day) | Requirements satisfaction |
4 | 2 | 79.50 | 25.12 | 19.04 | 390 | no |
| 4 | 1,185.71 | 396.15 | 297.62 | 195 | no |
| 8 | 17,196.97 | 5,988.12 | 4,375.10 | 97.5 | no |
|
6 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 570 | yes |
| 4 | 4.19 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 285 | no |
| 8 | 235.36 | 42.34 | 48.95 | 142.5 | no |
|
8 | 2 | 1.53E-4 | 1.46E-5 | 2.28E-5 | 750 | yes |
| 4 | 0.03 | 3.43E-3 | 5.54E-3 | 375 | yes |
| 8 | 7.35 | 0.75 | 1.17 | 187.5 | no |