Lunar laser ranging test of the Nordtvedt parameter and a possible variation in the gravitational constant

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 522, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hofmann, F ^a   Muller J ^a   Biskupek, L ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

celestial mechanics; ephemerides; gravitation; Moon

Indexed keywords

CELESTIAL MECHANICS; EARTH-MOON SYSTEM; EPHEMERIDES; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENTS; LUNAR CORE; LUNAR LASER RANGING; LUNAR ORBIT; NEWTONIANS; PARAMETERIZED; RELATIVISTIC PARAMETERS; STRONG EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPPER LIMITS;

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; MECHANICS;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049478014     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015659     Document Type: Article

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