Solar quadrupole moment and purely relativistic gravitation contributions to Mercury's perihelion advance

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1159-1194

  Pireaux, Sophie ^a   Rozelot, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Eddington Robertson parameters; Mercury; Orbits; Planetary dynamics; Sun; Theory of gravitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141915216     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023673227013     Document Type: Article

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