Numerical experiments with rubble piles: Equilibrium shapes and spins

Icarus

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-361

  Richardson, Derek C ^a   Elankumaran, Pradeep ^a   Sanderson, Robyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Planetesimals; Rotational dynamics; Satellites of Jupiter; Solid body tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044262208     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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