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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-339-2013
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-339-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
A double-station meteor camera set-up in the Canary Islands – CILBO
D. Koschny
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
F. Bettonvil
Astronomical Institute Utrecht, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
J. Licandro
Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Apdo. Correos 50, C/Cuesta de San José, s/n, San Antonio, 38712 – Breña Baja (La Palma), Spain
C. v. d. Luijt
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
J. Mc Auliffe
European Space Agency ESA/ESAC, Camino bajo del Castillo, s/n, Urbanizacion Villafranca del Castillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
H. Smit
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
H. Svedhem
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
F. de Wit
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
O. Witasse
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
J. Zender
European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk ZH, the Netherlands
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