Changes in rotational angular momentum due to gravitational interactions between two finite bodies

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary asteroids; Mutual gravitation; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002659687     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013350918651     Document Type: Article

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