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Radar and Spacecraft Ranging to Mercury between 1966 and 1988

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

John D. Anderson ,
Martin A. Slade ,
Raymond F. Jurgens ,
Eunice L. Lau ,
X. X. Newhall  and
E. Myles Standish Jr.
John D. Anderson
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Martin A. Slade
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Raymond F. Jurgens
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Eunice L. Lau
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
X. X. Newhall
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
E. Myles Standish Jr.
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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Abstract

Improved solutions have been obtained for the orbit and equatorial cross-section of Mercury using radar ranging data spanning 22 years. These data have yielded new results on the precession of Mercury’s perihelion and better limits on a possible time variation in the gravitational constant G.

Type
Solar & Solar System
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 324
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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