Rotational dynamics of a solar system body under solar radiation torques

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-103

  Scheeres, Daniel J ^a   Mirrahimi, Sepidehsadat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid rotation; Asteroids; Rotational dynamics; Solar radiation torques; YORP

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449111949     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-007-9116-3     Document Type: Article

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