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Science 10 September 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 4001, pp. 1017 - 1020
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.4001.1017
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Lunar Gravity Analysis from Long-Term Effects

Anthony S. Liu 1 and Philip A. Laing 1

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,Pasadena 91103

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.


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