Orbital data and preliminary analyses of Satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 Beta

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Full Title:: Orbital data and preliminary analyses of Satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 Beta / compiled by F.L. Whipple [and others].
Series Titles:: Smithsonian contributions to astrophysics ; v. 2, no. 10
Smithsonian contributions to astrophysics ; v. 2, no. 10.

Table of Contents:: Introduction / G.F. Schilling -- Preliminary orbit information for U.S.S.R. satellites 1957 [alpha]1 and [alpha]2 / G.F. Schilling and T.E. Sterne -- Additional orbit information for U.S.S.R. satellites 1957 [alpha]1 and [beta]1 / J.S. Rinehart and G.F. Schilling -- Some preliminary values of upper atmosphere density from observations of U.S.S.R. satellites / T.E. Sterne and G.F. Schilling -- Glossary of astronomical terms for the description of satellite orbits / J. Ashbrook, G.F. Schilling, and T.E. Sterne -- Soviet orbit predictioins and orbital information for satellites 1957 [alpha]1, [alpha]2, and Beta / G.F. Schilling and E.S. Fergusson -- Visual observations of satellite 1957 [alpha]1 made by moonwatch stations / L. Campbell, Jr., and J.A. Hynek -- An interim model atmosphere fitted to preliminary densities inferred from U.S.S.R. satellites / T.E. Sterne, B.M. Folkart, and G.F. Schilling -- Soviet orbit information for satellites 1957 [alpha]2 and [beta]1 / G.F. Schilling -- Basic orbital data for satellite 1957 [beta]1 / L.G. Jacchia -- Processed observational data for satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 Beta / R.M. Adams, N. McCumber, and M. Brinkman -- Successive revisions of orbital elements for satellite 1957 Beta / L.G. Jacchia -- A chart for finding a satellite's distance and elevation / J.W. Slowey -- Recent orbital information.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: vii, 189-347 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.