Equilibrium rotational stability and figure of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 463-475

  Daradich, Amy ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Matsuyama, Isamu ^b   Perron, J Taylor ^c   Manga, Michael ^d   Richards, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849111864     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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