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Kevin D. Pang1

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Kevin D. Pang
Kevin D. Pang*
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
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Early China , Volume 15 , 1990 , pp. 173 - 196
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The research described in this paper was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Financial assistance from the Dudley Observatory is also gratefully acknowledged.

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