The gravity at the Apollo 14 landing site has been determined from the accelerometer data that were telemetered from the lunar module. The values for the lunar gravity measured at the Apollo 11, 12, and 14 sites were reduced to a common elevation and were then compared between sites. A theoretical gravity, based on the assumption of a spherical moon, was computed for each landing site and compared with the observed value. The observed gravity was also used to compute the lunar radius at each landing site.


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    Title :

    Gravity measured at the Apollo 14 landing site.


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    Published in:

    Science ; 174


    Publication date :

    1971-12-03


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English


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