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The effect of tides and an inner core on the forced longitudinal libration of Mercury

✍ Scribed by Tim Van Hoolst; Attilio Rivoldini; Rose-Marie Baland; Marie Yseboodt

Book ID
116453734
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
442 KB
Volume
333-334
Category
Article
ISSN
0012-821X

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