The mass of Neptune from a new orbit of its second satellite Nereid
Abstract
. An orbit correction for Nereid is obtained from 37 observations with the 8 -inch McDonald reflector in seven oppositions, 1949-1955. The reciprocal of Neptune's mass in terms of the sun's mass is found to be 18889 + 62.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1957
- DOI:
- 10.1086/107532
- Bibcode:
- 1957AJ.....62..272V