The gravitational potential of a homogeneous polyhedron or don't cut corners

Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 253-278

  Werner, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

gravitational potential; Irregularly shaped body; Phobos; polyhedron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001032677     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00692875     Document Type: Article

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3. The Figure of Phobos
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7. Optimum Expression for Computation of the Gravity Field of a Homogeneous Polyhedral Body
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10. Computation of Global Geometric Properties of Solid Objects
11. A Model of Phobos
12. The Newtonian Potential of Homogeneous Polyhedra