Mercury's moment of inertia from spin and gravity data

By Jean-Luc Margot, S. Peale, Sean C. Solomon, S. Hauck,, F. Ghigo, R. Jurgens, M. Yseboodt, J. Giorgini, S. Padovan, D. Campbell. 2012

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Enceladus's measured physical libration requires a global subsurface ocean (2015, unknown): “Different techniques such as radar and laser ranging have been used to determine forced librations of Mercury (Margot et al., 2012) and of the Moon (Rambaux and Williams, 2011) In this paper we next review our methods of control-‐point calculations, and then in Section 3 we…”
Thermochemical evolution of Mercury's interior (2013, methodology): “the above measurements have been used to determine the normalized polar moment of inertia of the planet (C/MR2) as well as the ratio of the moment of inertia of the solid shell overlying the liquid core to that of the whole planet (Cm/C) [Margot et al., 2012].”
MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Magnetic Field Structure (2012, background): “Because of Mercury’s small obliquity [Margot et al., 2007, 2012], the MBF and MSO +Z axes, and hence MSO and MBF latitudes, are nearly identical.”
The curious case of Mercury's internal structure (2013, background): “Fortunately, application of the moment of inertia parameters [Margot et al., 2012] as constraints on internal structure”