Moon: Two New Mascon Basins

Malcolm J. Campbell; Brian T. O'Leary; Carl Sagan

doi:10.1126/science.164.3885.1273

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Moon: Two New Mascon Basins

Malcolm J. Campbell, Brian T. O'Leary and Carl Sagan

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.164(3885), pp.1273-1275

06/13/1969

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.164.3885.1273

PMID: 17772565

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Astronomy

Lunar gravity data and orbital photography indicate that there is a mascon basin approximately 1000 kilometers in diameter on the farside of the moon and that Mare Marginis is the flooded fraction of a mascon basin approximately 900 kilometers in diameter.

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Title: Moon: Two New Mascon Basins
Creators: Malcolm J. Campbell - Ithaca College
Brian T. O'Leary - Cornell University
Carl Sagan - Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
Publication Details: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.164(3885), pp.1273-1275
Academic Unit: Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Number of pages: 3
Identifiers: 99901320138301842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article