Using early data to illuminate the Pioneer anomaly

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5343-5354

  Nieto, Michael Martin ^a   Anderson, John D ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 29044447260     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/22/24/008     Document Type: Article

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