Acceleration of the rotation of asteroid 1862 Apollo by radiation torques

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7134, 2007, Pages 420-422

  Kaasalainen, Mikko ^a   Ďurech, Josef ^b   Warner, Brian D ^c   Krugly, Yurij N ^d   Gaftonyuk, Ninel M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Palmer Divide Observatory   (United States)

^d V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^e CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ASTEROID; ORBITAL FORCING; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; ROTATION; SHAPE; SOLAR RADIATION; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; FORCE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; ROTATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33947519511     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05614     Document Type: Article

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