Relaxation of wobbling asteroids and comets - Theoretical problems, perspectives of experimental observation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 937-955

  Efroimsky, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035425809     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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