Lunar Gravity Analysis from Long-Term Effects
- 10 September 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (4001) , 1017-1020
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.4001.1017
Abstract
The global lunar gravity field was determined from a weighted least squares analysis of the averaged classical element of the five Lunar Orbiters.The observed-minus-computed residuals have been reduced by a factor of 10 from a previously derived gravity field.The values of the second-degree zonal and sectorial harmonics are compatible with those derived from libration data.Keywords
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