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A comparative survey of proposals for space-based determination of the gravitational constantG

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Sanders, A.J., Gillies, G.T. A comparative survey of proposals for space-based determination of the gravitational constantG . Riv. Nuovo Cim. 19, 1–54 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02755617

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