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Old September 15th 03, 09:19 PM
Bill Sheppard
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Try a web search under 'tidal locking' and 'mascon'. Mascon is short for
mass concentration, an assymetrc distribution of mass within the moon
that led to tidal locking. The term originated with the Apollo program,
when the lunar orbit was found to be slightly 'bumpy'. oc

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