Follow-up ephemerides and the accuracy of preliminary orbits

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 339-350

  Kristensen, Leif Kahl ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Celestial mechanics; Data reduction techniques; Orbits; Population estimate; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036797244     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6905     Document Type: Article

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