Formulation and analytic calculation for the spin angular momentum of a moonlet due to inelastic collisions of ring particles

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 909-919

  Ohtsuki, Keiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Origin of solar system; Planetary rings; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 11144329257     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352538     Document Type: Article

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