The orbit of Charon: I. New hubble space telescope observations

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-260

  Tholen, David J ^a   Buie, Marc W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031071223     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5494     Document Type: Article

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