A degree 180 spherical harmonic model for the lunar topography

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2377-2382

  Ping, Jinsong ^a   Heki, Kosuke ^a   Matsumoto, Koji ^a   Tamura, Yoshiaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LUNAR MISSIONS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOON;

LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MODELING; MOHO; MOON; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141785652     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00532-5     Document Type: Article

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