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The Principle of Equivalence and the Trojan Asteroids. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

R.B. Orellana
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata Paseo del Bosque - (1900)La Plata Argentina
H. Vucetich
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata Paseo del Bosque - (1900)La Plata Argentina

Abstract

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A new value for the Nordtvedt parameter and the mass of Saturn are computed using the ten first Trojan asteroids. From 1262 observations, we find the inverse mass of Saturn 3498.17±0.51 and the Nordtvedt parameter 0.0±0.3.

Type
Part III - The Asteroidal Belt
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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