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Prospects for measuring Mercury's tidal Love number h₂ with the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter

Oberst, J.; Iess, L.; Kallenbach, R. +7 more

Context. The Love number h₂ describes the radial tidal displacements of Mercury's surface and allows constraints to be set on the inner core size when combined with the potential Love number k₂. Knowledge of Mercury's inner core size is fundamental to gaining insights into the planet's thermal evolution and dynamo working pri…