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Planetary Geodesy

**Planetary Geodesy** is a subfield of planetary geophysics that determines and models the size, shape, topography, rotation, orientation, and gravity field of planetary bodies (including planets, moons, and small bodies) in order to constrain their internal structure, dynamics, and evolution.

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Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy · 1991 · 556 citations

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THE ANALYTICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS

H. C. Plummer · Nature · 1942 · 517 citations

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Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites

M. E. Davies, V. K. Abalakin, C. A. Cross et al. · Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy · 1980 · 428 citations

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Methods of Celestial Mechanics.

Paul Herget, Dirk Brouwer, G. M. Clemence · Mathematics of Computation · 1962 · 390 citations

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Lunar Global Shape and Polar Topography Derived from Kaguya-LALT Laser Altimetry

Seiichi Tazawa, Hirotomo Noda, Yoshiaki Ishihara et al. · Science · 2009 · 301 citations

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  1. AC
    A. Cellino

    Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Italy

    11 publications · 732 citations

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  2. MK
    M. Kaasalainen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    9 publications · 770 citations

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  3. DJ
    Daniel J. Scheeres

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    7 publications · 556 citations

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  4. GA
    G. A. Neumann

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    7 publications · 468 citations

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  5. TM
    Tadeusz Michałowski

    Cracow University of Technology, Poland

    6 publications · 253 citations

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    30 h-index

    101 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    18 h-index

    48 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    69 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

    Pino Torinese, Italy

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    39 publications

    2K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    4.4K citations

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  1. Icarus

    75 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. Planetary and Space Science

    18 publications · 719 citations

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 14 publications · 286 citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    12 publications · 604 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 10 publications · 328 citations

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