Moments of inertia and rotational stability of Mars: Lithospheric support of subhydrostatic rotational flattening

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 9081-9096

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b   James, Thomas S ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; MARS PATHFINDER; PRECESSION; ROTATION;

EID: 0033602597     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900003     Document Type: Article

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