Testing general relativity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1115-1124

  Schafer G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0008311672     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00971-0     Document Type: Article

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