Moments of inertia and rotational stability of Mars: Lithospheric support of subhydrostatic rotational flattening
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/1998je900003