The satellites of Mars

The satellites of Mars

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited === This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known.  It has been included in the digital archive for its hist...

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Main Author: Ross, Norman A.
Other Authors: A'Hearn, Michael F.
Language:en_US
Published: University of Maryland 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/40090
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spelling ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-400902015-06-11T03:59:20Z The satellites of Mars Ross, Norman A. A'Hearn, Michael F. University of Maryland Approved for public release, distribution unlimited This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known.  It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS.  Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title. The two satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are investigated in depth from the time of their speculative prediction by Swift in 1726 and their discovery by Hall in 1877 up until the latest observations during the 1967 opposition. A reasonable explanation for Swift's prediction is set forth. 2014-03-27T21:10:27Z 2014-03-27T21:10:27Z 1968 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/40090 en_US This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, it may not be copyrighted. University of Maryland
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