The lunar laser ranging: Operation and science

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1233-1243

  Chapront, Jean ^a   Mignard, François ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Laser ranging; Lunar surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354934     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(00)01136-7     Document Type: Article

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