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Lifetimes of Orbiting Dipoles: Sunlight pressure should limit the average orbit lifetime of West Ford dipoles to about 7 years.

Irwin I. Shapiro and Harrison M. Jones
Science • 6 Oct 1961 • Vol 134, Issue 3484 • pp. 973-979 • DOI: 10.1126/science.134.3484.973
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Volume 134 | Issue 3484
6 October 1961

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1961 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Irwin I. Shapiro
The Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.
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Harrison M. Jones
The Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.
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    • Irwin I. Shapiro,
    Last of the West Ford Dipoles, Science, 154, 3755, (1445-1448), (1966)./doi/10.1126/science.154.3755.1445
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    • H. M. Jones,
    • C. W. Perkins,
    • I. I. Shapiro,
    Orbital Lifetime of the West Ford Dipoles, Science, 140, 3572, (1173-1173), (1963)./doi/10.1126/science.140.3572.1173-a
    Abstract
    • H. M. Jones,
    • C. W. Perkins,
    • I. I. Shapiro,
    Orbital Lifetime of the West Ford Dipoles, Science, 140, 3572, (1173-1173), (1963)./doi/10.1126/science.140.3572.1173.a
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