Third-order development of shape, gravity, and moment of inertia for highly flattened celestial bodies. Application to Ceres

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Table 2

Geophysical parameters of Ceres.

Ceres parameters	From Thomas et al. (2005)	From Drummond et al. (2014)


Mass M	9.395 ± 0.125 × 10²⁰ kg^a	9.4062 × 10²⁰ kg^b
Mean spherical radius R	476.200 km^a	470.500 km^c
Rotational period	9.076 h^a	9.074170 ± 0.000001 h^d

Deduced parameters
Geodetic parameter m	0.06368	0.06135
Mean density	2077.02 kg m^-3	2156.00 kg m^-3

Notes.

^(a)

Thomas et al. (2005).

^(b)

deduced from the GM of Kuchynka & Folkner (2013).

^(c)

Drummond et al. (2014).

^(d)

Chamberlain et al. (2007).

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