Gravity field and internal structure of mercury from MESSENGER

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6078, 2012, Pages 214-217

  Smith, David E ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^c   Hauck II, Steven A ^d   Lemoine, Frank G ^e   Mazarico, Erwan ^a,e   Neumann, Gregory A ^e   Peale, Stanton J ^f   Margot, Jean Luc ^g   Johnson, Catherine L ^h,i   Torrence, Mark H ^e,j   Perry, Mark E ^k   Rowlands, David D ^e   Goossens, Sander ^l   Head, James W ^m   Taylor, Anthony H ⁿ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j SGT INC   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ KinetX Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFIDE; SILICATE;

CORE (PLANETARY); GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MERCURY (PLANET); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY GRADIENT; GRAVITY; LITHOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84862776854     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1218809     Document Type: Article

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