Construction of stable periodic orbits for the spin-orbit problem of celestial mechanics

Regular and Chaotic Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 107-121

  Celletti, A ^a   Chierchia, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 54649083843     PISSN: 15603547     EISSN: 14684845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/rd1998v003n03abeh000084     Document Type: Article

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