Design issues for a mission to exploit the gravitational lensing effect at 550 AU

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-107

  West, John L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SPACE RESEARCH; SUN; TELESCOPES;

ANTENNA GAINS; GRAVITATIONAL LENSING EFFECT; SOLAR GRAVITATIONAL TELESCOPE;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0032668783     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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