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Mass concentration (astronomy)

In astronomy, astrophysics and geophysics, a mass concentration (or mascon) is a region of a planet's or moon's crust that contains a large positive gravity anomaly. In general, the word "mascon" can be used as a noun to refer to an excess distribution of mass on or beneath the surface of an astronomical body (compared to some suitable average), such as…

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Lunar mascons

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Mercurian mascons

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Mass concentration (astronomy)

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