The spin-orbit resonant rotation of Mercury: A two degree of freedom hamiltonian model

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-283

  D'Hoedt, Sandrine ^a   Lemaitre, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cassini laws; Hamiltonian formalism; Mercury; planetary rotation; resonance spin orbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444290354     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CELE.0000038607.32187.d4     Document Type: Article

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