Can a solid inner core of Mars be detected from observations of polar motion and nutation of Mars?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Dehant, V ^a   Van Hoolst, T ^a   de Viron, O ^a   Greff Lefftz, M ^b   Legros, H ^c   Defraigne, P ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

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

^c Inst Phys du Globe de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Core; Internal structure; Mars; Nutation; Polar motion; Radio science

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; MARS; NUTATION; POLAR MOTION;

EID: 1542379061     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002140     Document Type: Article

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