Orbital evolution around irregular bodies

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1173-1180

  Rossi, A ^a,b   Marzari, F ^c   Farinella, P ^d  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE;

EID: 0033497403     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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