Relativity parameters determined from lunar laser ranging

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 6730-6739

  Williams, J G ^a   Newhall, X X ^a   Dickey, J O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001310272     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.53.6730     Document Type: Article

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