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SUBMITTER: Goossens S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5619241 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goossens Sander S Sabaka Terence J TJ Genova Antonio A Mazarico Erwan E Nicholas Joseph B JB Neumann Gregory A GA
Geophysical research letters 20170805 15
Knowledge of the average density of the crust of a planet is important in determining its interior structure. The combination of high-resolution gravity and topography data has yielded a low density for the Moon's crust, yet for other terrestrial planets the resolution of the gravity field models has hampered reasonable estimates. By using well-chosen constraints derived from topography during gravity field model determination using satellite tracking data, we show that we can robustly and indep ...[more]