Symmetries and rank deficiency in the orbit determination around another planet

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 17-33

  Bonanno, Claudio ^a   Milani, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Orbit determinations; Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036374005     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020110226569     Document Type: Article

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