Probing the Martian Upper Atmosphere and Exosphere with Orbital Analysis of Mars Global Surveyor During the Science Phasing Orbits

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Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999lpi....30.1957t&link_type=abstract

30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, 1999, Houston, TX, abstract no. 1957

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The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft experiences measurable drag
due to Mars' exosphere (where the science phasing orbits (SPO) had their
perifocus). A measurable decrease in both semi-major axis (60 km) and
eccentricity (0.002) is measured over the 290 orbits of SPO.

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