Determination of the value of the heliocentric gravitational constant (GM⊙) from modern observations of planets and spacecraft

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pitjeva, E V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heliocentric gravitational constant; Planetary ephemerides; Radar spacecraft data

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET);

ASTRONOMICAL UNITS; GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; HIGH-ACCURACY; HIGH-PRECISION; MEAN PERIOD; PLANETARY EPHEMERIDES; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SPACECRAFT DATA;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

EID: 84937245735     PISSN: 00472689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4921980     Document Type: Article

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