The equatorial shape and gravity field of Mercury from MESSENGER flybys 1 and 2

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-100

  Smith, David E ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^c   Neumann, Gregory A ^d   Lemoine, Frank G ^d   Peale, Stanton J ^e   Margot, Jean Luc ^f   Torrence, Mark H ^g   Talpe, Matthieu J ^a   Head, James W ^h   Hauck, Steven A ⁱ   Johnson, Catherine L ^j   Perry, Mark E ^k   Barnouin, Olivier S ^k   McNutt, Ralph L ^k   Oberst, Jürgen ^l  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SGT INC   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Geophysics; Mercury; Mercury, Interior; Mercury, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955768289     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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