Title Lunar gravimetry / M.U. Sagitov [and others]

Published London ; Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press, 1986

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Description 1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations Series International geophysics series ; v. 35 International geophysics series ; v. 35. Contents Front Cover; Lunar Gravimetry; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; List of Symbols; Chapter One. The Gravitational Field of the Moon: Methods for Its Determination; 1.1 The Law of Universal Gravitation and Various Gravitational Constants; 1.2 Problems Solvable from the Gravitational Field; 1.3 Lunar Gravitational and Tidal-Centrifugal Potentials: Gravity; 1.4 Quantities Characterizing the Lunar Gravitational Field; 1.5 Comparison of Methods Used for Studying the Gravitational Fields of the Moon and the Earth 1.6 Elements of ALS Orbits and the Concept of Perturbations in Motion as a Result of Irregularities of the Lunar Gravitational Field1.7 Methods for Determining the Harmonic Coefficients of the Gravitational Field from ALS Tracking Data; 1.8 Determination of Line-of-Sight Accelerations due to the Earth's Rotation and Orbital Motions of the Moon and ALS; 1.9 Determination of the Gravitational Field from Variations in the Line-of-Sight Velocity of the Circumlunar Satellite; 1.10 Gravity Measurement Concepts and Requirements of Lunar Gravimeters 1.11 Direct Gravity Measurements on the Moon's Surface1.12 Studying Second Derivatives of the Lunar Gravity Potential; 1.13 Generalized Model of the Lunar Gravitational Field; Chapter Two. Normal and Anomalous Gravitational Fields of the Moon; 2.1 Structure of the Gravitational Field and Its Role in the Evolution of the Moon; 2.2 Expansion of Lunar Gravity Potential Derivatives in Spherical Functions; 2.3 Expansion for Gravity; 2.4 Selenoid; 2.5 Figure of the Normal Moon; 2.6 Distribution of Normal Gravity; 2.7 Surfaces of Equal Gravity and Equal Radial Gravity Gradient 2.8 Anomalies of the Lunar Gravitational Field2.9 Relation between the Coefficients of Expansion of Different Parameters of the Moon's Gravitational Field and Figure; 2.10 Moon's Relief and Gravitational Field; Chapter Three. Spatial Variations in the Lunar Gravitational Field and Their Use in Studying the Figure and Internal Structure of the Moon; 3.1 Covariance Analysis of the Moon's Gravitational Field; 3.2 Degree Variances and Covariance Functions of Various Characteristics of the Gravitational Field and Figure of the Moon; 3.3 Degree Variances for Horizontal Lunar Attraction Components 3.4 Comparative Analysis of the Lunar and Terrestrial Gravitational Fields3.5 Comparison of the Gravitational Fields of Terrestrial Planets; 3.6 The Selenocentric Constant of Gravitation: The Mass and Mean Density of the Moon; 3.7 Centres of the Moon's Figure and Mass; 3.8 General Geometric Figure of the Moon; 3.9 Dynamic Figure of the Moon; 3.10 Hydrostatic Equilibrium Figure of the Moon; 3.11 Gravimetric Figure and Distribution of Plumb-Line Deflections on the Moon; 3.12 General Comments on the Moon's Internal Structure; 3.13 Density Irregularity Parameter; 3.14 Density Model of the Moon Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index Notes Print version record Subject Gravitational fields -- Measurement SCIENCE -- Astronomy. Gravitational fields -- Measurement Gravity -- Measurement SUBJECT Moon -- Gravity -- Measurement Subject Moon Form Electronic book Author Sagitov, M. U. (Marat Usmanovich) ISBN 9780126146608 0126146608 9780080954660 0080954669 1282289721 9781282289727

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