Mars secular obliquity change due to water ice caps

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E12, 1999, Pages 30765-30771

  Rubincam, David Parry ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CAP; MARS; OBLIQUITY; PLANETARY ROTATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0000533272     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999je001045     Document Type: Article

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