Mars nutation resonance due to Free Inner Core Nutation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Defraigne, P ^a   Rivoldini, A ^a   Van Hoolst, T ^a   Dehant, V ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inner core; Mars; Nutation

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; MARS; NUTATION; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 1542319214     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002145     Document Type: Article

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