MARS GRAVITY - HIGH-RESOLUTION RESULTS FROM VIKING ORBITER-2

被引:78
作者
SJOGREN, WL
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[1] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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10.1126/science.203.4384.1006
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Doppler radio-tracking data have provided detailed measurements for a martian gravity map extending from 30°S to 65°N in latitude and through 360° of longitude. The feature resolution is approximately 500 kilometers, revealing a huge anomaly associated with Olympus Mons, a mascon in Isidis Planitia, and other anomalies correlated with volcanic structure. Olympus Mons has been modeled with a 600-kilometer surface disk having a mass of 8.7 × 1021 grams. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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页码:1006 / 1010
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