A scheme for lunar inner core detection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Williams, James G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INNER CORE GRAVITY FIELD; MODEL COMPUTATIONS; SYNCCHRONOUS ROTATION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

GRAVITY FIELD; INNER CORE; LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; PLANETARY SATELLITE;

EID: 34548034223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028185     Document Type: Article

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