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MODERN workers are agreed that the Moon has a small bulge, measured with reference to the mean radius of the limb, pointing in the direction of the Earth. The order of magnitude of this body-elongation is 0.1 per cent of the radius, but the actual value assigned to it depends quite critically on the selection of measured points used in the analysis.
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FIELDER, G. A Case for Convection in the Moon. Nature 204, 171 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204171a0
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