Does the Moon possess a molten core? Probing the deep lunar interior using results from LLR and Lunar Prospector

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Khan, A ^a   Mosegaard, K ^b   Williams, J G ^c   Lognonne P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical geophysics; Moon; Planetology; Solid surface

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 11144255639     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002294     Document Type: Article

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