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Planetary Gravity

Planetary Gravity is the gravitational field generated by a planet due to its mass distribution, which governs the accelerations, trajectories, and apparent weights of matter in and around the planetary body according to Newtonian and relativistic gravitational theory.

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18.2K

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706

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325

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2017–2026

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282

A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration

K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond et al. · Nature · 2011 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing

Jean‐Philippe Beaulieu, D. P. Bennett, P. Fouqué et al. · Nature · 2006 · 603 citations · Full text

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The earth and its gravity field

Journal of the Franklin Institute · 1959 · 575 citations

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Unbound or distant planetary mass population detected by gravitational microlensing

Nature · 2011 · 522 citations · Full text

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Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission

M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, M. M. Watkins et al. · Science · 2012 · 517 citations

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Authors

706

  1. WL
    W. L. Sjogren

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    13 publications · 1K citations

    13

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  2. JD
    J. D. Anderson

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 724 citations

    10

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  3. WB
    W. B. Hubbard

    University of Arizona, United States

    9 publications · 806 citations

    9

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  4. DE
    David E. Smith

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

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  5. LI
    L. Iess

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    8 publications · 865 citations

    8

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Institutions

325

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    27 h-index

    107 publications

    14K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    8.3K citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    10 h-index

    28 publications

    3K citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    892 citations

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Venues

  1. Icarus

    43 publications · 3.7K citations

    28

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  2. Nature

    16 publications · 4.2K citations

    15

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  3. 13

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 13 publications · 902 citations

    12

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  5. Science

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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