Rotational stability of tidally deformed planetary bodies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Matsuyama, I ^a   Nimmo, F ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PLANETARY ROTATION; PLANETARY SATELLITE; POLAR WANDERING; SATURN;

EID: 38149142719     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002942     Document Type: Article

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