Thermal force effects on slowly rotating, spherical artificial satellites - I. Solar heating

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1551-1561

  Farinella, Paolo ^a   Vokrouhlický, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 0000427951     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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