Lunar gravimetry / M.U. Sagitov ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sagitov, M. U. (Marat Usmanovich)

Series:

International geophysics series ; v. 35.

International geophysics series ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitational fields--Measurement.

Gravitational fields.

Moon--Gravity--Measurement.

Moon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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 Field; 1.7 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 Surface; 1.12 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 Field; 2.9 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 Fields; 3.5 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; 3.15 Variations in Gravity, Its Radial Gradient, and Pressure with Depth

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [281]-288.

ISBN:

1-282-28972-1

9786612289729

0-08-095466-9

OCLC:

316566606