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Planetary geodesy
Author(s) -
Anderson John D.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg013i003p00274
Subject(s) - geodesy , planet , figure of the earth , geology , period (music) , work (physics) , astronomy , astrobiology , physics , thermodynamics , acoustics
The last report on planetary geodesy in the United States was prepared by Kaula [1971] for the period 1967–1971. The purpose of this report is to review additional work for the period 1971–1975 and to present a corresponding bibliography as of November 1974. We restrict the discussion to the traditional subjects of geometrical and physical geodesy, with particular emphasis on the size and shape of the planets and on their masses and gravity fields.