Lunar prospector orbit determination uncertainties using the high resolution lunar gravity models

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue PART 1, 2000, Pages 381-393

  Carranza, Eric ^a   Konopliv, Alex ^a   Ryne, Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0012578096     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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