Non-gravitational force modeling of Comet 81P/Wild 2. II. Rotational evolution

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 651-664

  Gutiérrez, Pedro J ^a   Davidsson, Björn J R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comet 81P Wild 2; Comets; dynamics; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448997247     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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