H0: The incredible shrinking constant 1925-1975

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 108, Issue 730, 1996, Pages 1073-1082

  Trimble, Virginia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 0030355124     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/133837     Document Type: Article

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