On the rotation of a moonlet embedded in planetary rings

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 432-445

  Ohtsuki, Keiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Origin, Solar system; Planetary rings; Rotational dynamics; Satellites, general

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144283262     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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