The vector alignments of asteroid spins by thermal torques

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6954, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Vokrouhlický, David ^a   Nesvorný, David ^b   Bottke, William F ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; ROTATION; SOLAR HEATING;

ASTEROIDS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTEROID; COLLISION; ROTATION; THERMAL PHENOMENA; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; EVOLUTION; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTEROIDEA; MAXWELLIA;

EID: 0141744995     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01948     Document Type: Article

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