High resolution lunar gravity anomaly map from the lunar prospector line-of-sight acceleration data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Sugano, Takayuki ^a   Heki, Kosuke ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free air; Gravity anomaly; LOS; Lunar crater; Mass deficit; Moon

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; MOON;

EID: 14544291564     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352492     Document Type: Article

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