The apache point observatory lunar laser-ranging operation: Instrument description and first detections

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 120, Issue 863, 2008, Pages 20-37

  Murphy Jr , T W ^a   Adelberger, E G ^b   Battat, J B R ^c   Carey, L N ^b   Hoyle, C D ^d   LeBlanc, P ^a   Michelsen, E L ^a   Nordtvedt, K ^e   Orin, A E ^a   Strasburg, J D ^f   Stubbs, C W ^g   Swanson, H E ^b   Williams, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northwest Analysis   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48449087185     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526428     Document Type: Article

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