LAGEOS-type satellites in critical supplementary orbit configuration and the Lense-Thirring effect detection

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2477-2490

  Iorio, Lorenzo ^a   Lucchesi, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0038165950     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/13/302     Document Type: Article

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