GravDyn: A Python Framework for Gravitational Modeling of Irregular Celestial Bodies Using Polyhedral, Mascon, and Series Expansion Methods
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.743 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Page range: 60 - 60
Submitted on: May 14, 2026
Accepted on: Aug 5, 2026
Published on: Aug 31, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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