The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO): Two years of millimeter-precision measurements of the earth-moon range

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 121, Issue 875, 2009, Pages 29-40

  Battat, J B R ^a,b   Murphy Jr , T W ^c   Adelberger, E G ^d   Gillespie, B ^e   Hoyle, C D ^f   Mcmillan, R J ^e   Michelsen, E L ^c   Nordtvedt, K ^g   Orin, A E ^c   Stubbs, C W ^h   Swanson, H E ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Northwest Analysis   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62649155193     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596748     Document Type: Article

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