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The distance of the moon

A recomputation of geometric and dynamic determinations in terms of a world geodetic system

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Bulletin Géodésique (1946-1975)

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Fischer, I. The distance of the moon. Bull. Geodesique 71, 37–63 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02526081

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