Kaula, William M. and Asimow, Paul D. (1991) Tests of random density models of terrestrial planets. Geophysical Research Letters, 18 (5). pp. 909-912. ISSN 0094-8276. doi:10.1029/91GL01064. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120906-111842591
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Abstract
Random density models are analyzed to determine the low degree harmonics of the gravity field of a planet, and therefrom two properties: an axiality P_l , the percent of the degree variance in the zonal term referred to an axis through the maximum for degree l; and an angularity E_(ln) , the angle between the maxima for two degrees l, n. The random density distributions give solutions reasonably consistent with the axialities and angularities for the low degrees, l < 5, of Earth, Venus, and Moon, but not for Mars, which has improbably large axialities and small angularities. Hence the random density model is an unreliable predictor for the non‐hydrostatic second‐degree gravity of Mars, and thus for the moment‐of‐inertia, which is more plausibly close to 0.365MR^2.
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| Additional Information: | © 1991 American Geophysical Union. Received 25 July 1990; Revised October 18, 1990; accepted 20 October 1990. Paul Asimow was supported for a visit to U.C.L.A. by the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program. | |||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 5 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1029/91GL01064 | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Kaula, W. M. and P. D. Asimow (1991), Tests of random density models of terrestrial planets, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18(5), 909–912, doi:10.1029/91GL01064. | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | |||||||||
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