Shape and orientation of Mercury from radar ranging data

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 690-697

  Anderson, J D ^a   Jurgens, R F ^a   Lau, E L ^a   Slade III, M A ^a   Schubert, G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030529386     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0242     Document Type: Article

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