Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI): A tool for the study of topography and gravitational field of the Moon

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-516

  Kamalakar, J A ^a   Laxmi Prasad, A S ^a   Bhaskar, K V S ^a   Selvaraj, P ^a   Venkateswaran, R ^a   Kalyani, K ^a   Goswami, A ^a   Sridhar Raja, V L N ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Laser altimeter; Moon; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650308209     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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