Analysis of stellar occultation data. II. Inversion, with application to Pluto and Triton

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 2 1772, 2003, Pages 1041-1079

  Elliot, J L ^a,b   Person, M J ^a   Qu, S ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Occultations; Planets and satellites: individual (Pluto, Triton)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141529773     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375546     Document Type: Article

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