<p>There are no such missions in an advanced state of planning, however we do have a good idea of the gravity field around Mars, gleaned from observations of anomalies in the orbits of the various orbital probes.</p>

<p>These data were gathered into a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/mars-gravity-map" rel="nofollow noreferrer">map of the gravity field of Mars</a></p>

<p>According to that NASA article:</p>

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  <p>The map was derived using Doppler and range tracking data collected by <a href="http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NASA's Deep Space Network</a> from three NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars: <a href="http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mars Global Surveyor</a> (MGS), <a href="http://mars.nasa.gov/odyssey/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mars Odyssey</a> (ODY), and the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a> (MRO). </p>
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<p>The research is published as Antonio Genova et al. 2016, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103516001287?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science</a>, Icarus, vol. 272, pp. 228-245; doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.050</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/jmzl1.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jmzl1.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>In addition, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cassini Spacecraft</a> has made detailed gravitational measurements of Saturn and and along with imaging, internal structure details of its moon Enceladus. Also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Juno Spacecraft</a> has made detailed measurements of Jupiter's internal structure via maps of it's gravity field as well. </p>

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James K
<p>We get this information (if not quite as accurately as from dedicated missions like GRACE, whenever we have a probe in orbit around a planet. By tracking it carefully we can get information about the variation in the gravitational field. </p>

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<p>I just recently found out about the GRACE Nasa mission which basically mapped out the gravitational anomalies of earth as well as serving extensively in the study of earths geology and the movement of its distribution of water. While I continued reading about it I came across GRAIL which did a similar job but over our moon. </p>

<p>Link here to learn about GRACE: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Climate_Experiment?scrlybrkr=5922e11d" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GRACE</a></p>

<p>Here for GRAIL: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GRAIL</a></p>

<p>What i'm now wondering is are there space agencies or organizations considering missions to any of the other planets in our solar system and attempting to measure their gravitational anomalies in a similar manner hopefully giving vital information on their inner structure or formation.  </p>

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This may be a better fit for space exploration
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Apart from JUNO?
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Are there currently any planned or proposed missions to measure the gravitational fields of other planets in our solar system?
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# Are there currently any planned or proposed missions to measure the gravitational fields of other planets in our solar system?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-22)

I just recently found out about the GRACE Nasa mission which basically mapped out the gravitational anomalies of earth as well as serving extensively in the study of earths geology and the movement of its distribution of water. While I continued reading about it I came across GRAIL which did a similar job but over our moon.

Link here to learn about GRACE: [GRACE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Climate_Experiment?scrlybrkr=5922e11d)

Here for GRAIL: [GRAIL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory)

What i'm now wondering is are there space agencies or organizations considering missions to any of the other planets in our solar system and attempting to measure their gravitational anomalies in a similar manner hopefully giving vital information on their inner structure or formation.

**Tags:** gravity, earth

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This may be a better fit for space exploration  
> **username_2**: Apart from JUNO?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-22. Score: 5

There are no such missions in an advanced state of planning, however we do have a good idea of the gravity field around Mars, gleaned from observations of anomalies in the orbits of the various orbital probes.

These data were gathered into a [map of the gravity field of Mars](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/mars-gravity-map)

According to that NASA article:

> The map was derived using Doppler and range tracking data collected by [NASA's Deep Space Network](http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/) from three NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars: [Mars Global Surveyor](http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/) (MGS), [Mars Odyssey](http://mars.nasa.gov/odyssey/) (ODY), and the [Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html) (MRO).

The research is published as Antonio Genova et al. 2016, [Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103516001287?via%3Dihub), Icarus, vol. 272, pp. 228-245; doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.050

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/jmzl1.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/jmzl1.jpg)

In addition, the [Cassini Spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens) has made detailed gravitational measurements of Saturn and and along with imaging, internal structure details of its moon Enceladus. Also the [Juno Spacecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)) has made detailed measurements of Jupiter's internal structure via maps of it's gravity field as well.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-02-24. Score: 2

We get this information (if not quite as accurately as from dedicated missions like GRACE, whenever we have a probe in orbit around a planet. By tracking it carefully we can get information about the variation in the gravitational field.


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