On the orbits and masses of the satellites of the Pluto-Charon system

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 573-583

  Lee, Man Hoi ^a   Peale, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Charon; dynamics; orbital; Pluto; Resonances; Satellites; satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748883268     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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