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Development and validation of high precision models for SIM Planetquest

Lindensmith, Chris A.·Briggs, H. Clark·Beregovski, Yuri·Feria, V. Alfonso·Goullioud, Renaud·Gursel, Yekta·Hahn, Inseob·Kinsella, Gary·Orzewalla, Matthew·Phillips, Charles
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Lindensmith, Chris A., Briggs, H. Clark, Beregovski, Yuri, Feria, V. Alfonso, Goullioud, Renaud, Gursel, Yekta, Hahn, Inseob, Kinsella, Gary, Orzewalla, Matthew, Phillips, Charles. 2006-03-04. Development and validation of high precision models for SIM Planetquest. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060043914

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