| Abstract
| - Until very recently, the mass of minor planet 2 Pallas had been determined from its gravitational effects on only 1 Ceres and the planet Mars. An independent confirmation was therefore highly desirable. This paper presents individual mass determinations based on close encounters with 16 other minor planets, as well as a simultaneous solution using all objects. The resulting value for the mass of Pallas, $(1.17 \pm 0.03) 10^{-10} M_{odot}$, essentially confirms the result from Ceres alone.
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