Bounds on rotation periods of disrupted dinaries in the full 2-body problem

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-140

  Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

asteroids; full 2 body problem; gravitational potentials; rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043050075     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CELE.0000034503.44164.b5     Document Type: Article

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