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Reduction of doppler radio tracking of the orbiting spacecraft has shown consistency with Apollo 14 data results and has revealed new gravity anomalies. Large craters are negative anomalies while wrinkle ridge regions are positive. The Central highlands are mostly a positive anomaly except for the Apollo 16 landing site, which is in a negative area. A gravity high northwest of Theophilus is not easily explained.
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Sjogren, W.L., Wimberly, R.N. & Wollenhaupt, W.R. Lunar gravity: Apollo 16. The Moon 11, 35–40 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01877792
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