A measurement of the shape of the solar disk: The solar quadrupole moment, the solar octopole moment, and the advance of perihelion of the planet mercury

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-179

  Lydon, T J ^a   Sofia, S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5844355444     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.177     Document Type: Article

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