Asteroid rotation and shapes from numerical simulations of gravitational re-accumulation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-200

  Tanga, Paolo ^a   Hestroffer, D ^b   Delbo M ^a   Richardson, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid evolution; Asteroid formation; Asteroids; Collisions

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

ASTEROID EVOLUTION; ASTEROID FORMATION; COLLISIONS; CONTINUUM MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPES; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; MOHR COULOMBS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RE ACCUMULATIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; SPIN PROPERTIES; TWO-AXIS;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 59349101358     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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