# Laser ranging to the lost Lunokhod 1 reflector

@article{Murphy2011LaserRT,
title={Laser ranging to the lost Lunokhod 1 reflector},
author={T. W. Murphy and Eric George Adelberger and James B. R. Battat and C. D. Hoyle and N. H. Johnson and R. J. Mcmillan and Eric L. Michelsen and Christopher W. Stubbs and H. Erik Swanson},
journal={Icarus},
year={2011},
volume={211},
pages={1103-1108}
}
• Published 28 September 2010
• Physics
• Icarus

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