Is asteroid 951 Gaspra in a resonant obliquity state with its spin increasing due to YORP?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Rubincam, David Parry ^a   Rowlands, David D ^a   Ray, Richard D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Gaspra; Rotation; Spin; Yarkovsky; YORP

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; RESONANCE; ROTATION;

EID: 0037174596     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001813     Document Type: Article

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