Probing Europa's hidden ocean from tidal effects on orbital dynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2245-2248

  Wu, X ^a   Bar Sever, Y E ^a   Folkner, W M ^a   Williams, J G ^a   Zumberge, J F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; SPACECRAFT; TIDES; TRAJECTORIES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ORBITS; TRACKING (POSITION);

TIDAL EFFECTS;

GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EUROPA; PLANETARY SATELLITE; TIDE;

ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOPPLER TRACKING; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ORBITAL DYNAMICS; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

EID: 0035362717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012814     Document Type: Article

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