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The Masses of the Principal Planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

W. J. Klepczynski
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, U.S.A.
P. K. Seidelmann
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, U.S.A.
R. L. Duncombe
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, U.S.A.

Abstract

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A set of masses for the principal planets is derived systematically from all available fundamental and independent determinations. In deriving these values an attempt has been made to treat independently those determinations based on differing observational types or analytical methods.

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Copyright © Reidel 1971

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