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Bills & Ferrari 1977
Bills, B.G. and Ferrari, A.J. (1977). A lunar density model consistent with topographic, gravitational, librational, and seismic data. Journal of Geophysical Research 82: doi: 10.1029/JB082i008p01306. issn: 0148-0227.

A series of models of the lunar interior are derived from topographic, gravitational, librational, and seismic data. The librational parameters and low-degreee gravity harmonics result primarily from surface height variations and only secondarily from lateral density variations. The moon departs from isostasy, even for the low-degree harmonics, with a maximum superisostatic stress of 200 bars under the major mascon basins. The mean crustal thicknesses under different physiographic regions are: mascons, 30--35 km; irregular maria, 50--60 km; and highlands, 90--110 km. A possible composition consistent with our model is an anorthositic crust, underlain by a predominantly forsterite upper mantle which grades into a refractory rich lower mantle surrounding a pyrrhotite core.

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