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Revised: Mar 11, 1998             Moon / (Earth)                            301
 
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
 Radius, km            = 1737.53+-0.03   Mass, 1020 kg        =  734.9
 Density, gm cm^-3     =    3.3437       Geometric albedo      =    0.12
 V(1,0)                =   +0.21         GM, km3/s2          = 4902.798+-.005
 Earth/Moon mass ratio = 81.300587       Surface gravity       =    1.62 m s^-2
 Nearside crust. thick.= 58+-8 km        Farside crust. thick. = ~80 - 90 km
 Heat flow, Apollo 15  = 3.1+-.6 mW/m2  Heat flow, Apollo 17  = 2.2+-.5 mW/m2
 Mean crustal density  = 2.97+-.07g/cm3 k2                    = 0.0302+-.0012 
 Induced magnetic mom. = 4.23x10^22Gcm3 Magnetometer moment   = 435+-15

DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
 Mean angular diameter = 31'05.2"        Orbit period          = 27.321582 d
 Obliquity to orbit    = 6.67 deg        Eccentricity          = 0.05490
 Semi-major axis, a    = 384400 km       Inclination           = 5.145 deg
 Mean motion, rad/s    = 2.6616995x10^-6 Nodal period          = 6798.38 d
 Apsidal period        = 3231.50 d       Mom. of inertia C/MR2= 0.3935+-.0011
 beta (C-A/B), x10^-4  = 6.31(72+-15)    gamma (B-A/C), x10^-4 = 2.278(8+-2)
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