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Venusian k2 tidal Love number from Magellan and PVO tracking data
Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01589
Copyright 1996 by the American Geophysical Union.
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- Issue published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 10 APR 1996
- Manuscript Received: 23 OCT 1995
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The k2 potential Love number which scales the tidal deformation of Venus by the Sun has been estimated from Doppler tracking of Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) spacecraft data. The nominal range for k2 from theoretical models is 0.23 ≤ k2 ≤ 0.29 for a liquid iron core and about 0.17 if the iron core has solidified. Our best estimate of this parameter is k2 = 0.295±0.066(2× formal σ) and supports the hypothesis that Venus core is liquid.