Laser ranging to the lost Lunokhod 1 reflector

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1103-1108

  Murphy, T W ^a   Adelberger, E G ^b   Battat, J B R ^c   Hoyle, C D ^d   Johnson, N H ^a   McMillan, R J ^e   Michelsen, E L ^a   Stubbs, C W ^f   Swanson, H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Moon; Moon, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151483139     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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