Optical Ellipticity and Internal Structure of Mars.

D. L. Lamar

ResearchPublished 1962

An explanation for the discrepancy between the value of Mars' ellipticity determined optically and that determined dynamically. It is shown that the effect on the motion of the Martian satellites of the equatorial bulge, assumed to explain the discrepancy, is such that there is no justification in saying that Mars does not have a core

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  • Year: 1962
  • Pages: 29
  • Document Number: RM-3127-JPL

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Lamar, D. L., Optical Ellipticity and Internal Structure of Mars. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1962. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3127.html.
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