Selenodetic experiments of SELENE: Relay subsatellite, differential VLBI, and laser altimeter

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1817-1820

  Namiki, Noriyuki ^a   Hanada, Hideo ^b   Tsubokawa, Tsuneya ^b   Kawano, Nobuyuki ^b   Ooe, Masatsugu ^b   Heki, Kousuke ^b   Iwata, Takahiro ^c   Ogawa, Mina ^c   Takano, Tadashi ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 12444310372     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00546-3     Document Type: Article

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