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Yang, H., Zhao, W. (2018). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Mission. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_111-1
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