Martian gravity field model and its time variations from MGS and Odyssey data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-363

  Marty, J C ^a   Balmino, G ^a   Duron, J ^b   Rosenblatt, P ^b   Le Maistre, S ^b   Rivoldini, A ^b   Dehant, V ^b   Van Hoolst, T ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamical geodesy; Global gravity field; Mars; Time variations

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; GEODESY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DATA SETS; DEEP SPACE NETWORKS; DISTURBING FORCES; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMICAL GEODESY; GLOBAL GRAVITY FIELD; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS; IN LINES; LOVE NUMBERS; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYORS; MARS GRAVITIES; MARS ODYSSEYS; MARTIAN GRAVITIES; NASA JET PROPULSIONS; NEW MODELS; NEW SOLUTIONS; SOLAR PRESSURES; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; STATE VECTORS; STATIC FIELDS; TEAM WORKINGS; TIME VARIATIONS; TRACKING DATUM;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 61349162884     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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