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After the determination of the Earth’s mass, the next major contribution towards knowledge of the internal density distribution was the evaluation of the Earth’s moment of inertia. Essential details of the theory of the Earth’s gravitational attraction needed for both this and later purposes will occupy the present chapter
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Bullen, K.E. (1975). Theory of the Earth’s gravitational attraction. In: The Earth’s Density. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5700-8_4
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