Figure-figure interaction between bodies having arbitrary shapes and mass distributions: A power series expansion approach

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-330

  Tricarico, Pasquale ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Figure figure interaction; Mutual gravitational force; Mutual gravitational torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149150458     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-008-9128-7     Document Type: Article

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