Topocentric orbit determination: Algorithms for the next generation surveys

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 474-492

  Milani, Andrea ^a   Gronchi, Giovanni F ^a   Farnocchia, Davide ^a   Knežević, Zoran ^b   Jedicke, Robert ^c   Denneau, Larry ^c   Pierfederici, Francesco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Astronomical Observatory   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d LSST   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Celestial mechanics; dynamics; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149139334     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.033     Document Type: Article

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