Modeling stresses on satellites due to nonsynchronous rotation and orbital eccentricity using gravitational potential theory

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-206

  Wahr, John ^a   Selvans, Zane A ^a   Mullen, McCall E ^a   Barr, Amy C ^b   Collins, Geoffrey C ^c   Selvans, Michelle M ^d   Pappalardo, Robert T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; general; Geophysics; Satellites; solid body; Tectonics; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449105662     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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