Titan's gravity field and interior structure after Cassini

@article{Durante2019TitansGF,
  title={Titan's gravity field and interior structure after Cassini},
  author={Daniele Durante and D. J. Hemingway and P. Racioppa and Luciano Iess and David J. Stevenson},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2019}
}
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