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A note on the gravitational field of Phobos

✍ Scribed by Nils Aall Barricelli

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
197 KB
Volume
43
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-0794

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✦ Synopsis

Phobos' proximity to the Roche limit, and some of its consequences deserving attention by the Phobos' mission, are the subject of this note.

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The parameters of the best-fitting ellipsoid have been derived using the latest spherical harmonics of the Phobos topography (Duxbury, 1989) by solution of non-linear overdetermined inverse problem. The lengths of the equatorial axes of the ellipsoid have been determined (a = 12.9 km, b = 11.4 km).