The effects of seasonal mass redistribution and interior structure on Length-of-Day variations of Mars

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 739-744

  Karatekin, Ö ^a   Hoolst, T Van ^a   Tastet, J ^a   de Viron, O ^a   Dehant, V ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Length of Day; Mars; Planetary interior; Rotation

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; METEOROLOGY; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; ROTATION;

LENGTH OF DAY; MARS; PLANETARY INTERIOR; SEASONAL MASS REDISTRIBUTION;

SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

EID: 33750339146     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.117     Document Type: Article

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