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Recent Gravity Models as a Result of the Lunar Prospector Mission
- A. Konopliv, S. Asmar, E. Carranza, W. L. Sjogren, D. Yuan
- Physics
- 1 March 2001
The lunar gravity field is determined from the tracking data of previous missions to the Moon with the 1998–1999 Lunar Prospector (LP) mission being the major contributor. LP provided the first… Expand
Fluid Core Size of Mars from Detection of the Solar Tide
- C. Yoder, A. Konopliv, D. N. Yuan, E. Standish, W. Folkner
- Medicine
- Science
- 6 March 2003
The solar tidal deformation of Mars, measured by itsk 2 potential Love number, has been obtained from an analysis of Mars Global Surveyor radio tracking. The observedk 2 of 0.153 ± 0.017 is large… Expand
The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
- M. Wieczorek, G. Neumann, +13 authors M. Zuber
- Medicine
- Science
- 8 February 2013
The Holy GRAIL? The gravity field of a planet provides a view of its interior and thermal history by revealing areas of different density. GRAIL, a pair of satellites that act as a highly sensitive… Expand
Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm
- C. Russell, C. Raymond, +25 authors T. Titus
- Geology, Medicine
- Science
- 11 May 2012
A New Dawn Since 17 July 2011, NASA's spacecraft Dawn has been orbiting the asteroid Vesta—the second most massive and the third largest asteroid in the solar system (see the cover). Russell et al.… Expand
Determination of Shape, Gravity, and Rotational State of Asteroid 433 Eros
- J. K. Miller, A. Konopliv, +8 authors D. Scheeres
- Physics
- 2002
Abstract Prior to the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission, little was known about Eros except for its orbit, spin rate, and pole orientation, which could be determined from ground-based… Expand
Venus Gravity: 180th Degree and Order Model
- A. Konopliv, W. Banerdt, W. Sjogren
- Physics
- 1 May 1999
The Magellan Doppler radiometric tracking data provides unprecedented precision for spacecraft-based gravity measurements with the maximum resolution approaching spherical harmonic degree and order… Expand
Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission
The Holy GRAIL? The gravity field of a planet provides a view of its interior and thermal history by revealing areas of different density. GRAIL, a pair of satellites that act as a highly sensitive… Expand
The gravity field of Mars: results from Mars Global Surveyor.
- D. Smith, W. Sjogren, G. Tyler, G. Balmino, F. Lemoine, A. Konopliv
- Geology, Medicine
- Science
- 1 October 1999
Observations of the gravity field of Mars reveal a planet that has responded differently in its northern and southern hemispheres to major impacts and volcanic processes. The rough, elevated southern… Expand
A Global Solution for the Gravity Field, Rotation, Landmarks, and Ephemeris of Eros
- A. Konopliv, J. K. Miller, +4 authors J. Barriot
- Physics
- 1 December 2002
As part of the NEAR Radio Science investigation, a global solution that includes both spherical and ellipsoidal harmonic gravity fields of Eros, Eros pole and rotation rate, Eros ephemeris, and… Expand
Venusian k2 tidal Love number from Magellan and PVO tracking data
- A. Konopliv, C. Yoder
- Geology
- 1 July 1996
The k2 potential Love number which scales the tidal deformation of Venus by the Sun has been estimated from Doppler tracking of Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) spacecraft data. The nominal… Expand