Geodesy constraints on the interior structure and composition of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-472

  Rivoldini, A ^a,b   Van Hoolst, T ^a   Verhoeven, O ^c   Mocquet, A ^c   Dehant, V ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Interiors; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956193770     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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