The Dawn gravity investigation at Vesta and Ceres

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 461-486

  Konopliv, A S ^a   Asmar, S W ^a   Bills, B G ^a   Mastrodemos, N ^a   Park, R S ^a   Raymond, C A ^a   Smith, D E ^b   Zuber, M T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceres; Dawn; Geophysics; Gravity; Vesta

Indexed keywords

CERES; DAWN; DOPPLER TRACKING; FRAMING CAMERA; GRAVITY FIELD; HARMONIC DEGREE; HIGH PRECISION; HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM; MOMENTS OF INERTIA; OPTICAL IMAGE; POLE LOCATION; SHAPE MODEL; SURFACE RESOLUTION; VESTA;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 84855651255     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9794-8     Document Type: Article

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