NASA NTRS · 19730023974
Mars gravity field via the short data arcs
Abstract
Short arc reduction of satellite Mars tracking data shows that: (1) There is one large gravity high covering the region of Nix Olympica and the three peaks to the east (about 110 deg longitude). It has an amplitude of 50 milligals at 2200-km altitude and implies a surface mass anomaly times greater than any on earth; (2) there are no large negative gravity anomalies comparable to the positive; and (3) the large 3000-km canyon seems to originate in a gravity high and end in a gravity low.
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Sjogren, W. L., Lorell, J., Reinbold, S. J., Wimberly, R. N.. 1973-07-15. Mars gravity field via the short data arcs. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730023974
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