Long-term evolution of the spin of Mercury. I. Effect of the obliquity and core-mantle friction

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 338-355

  Correia, Alexandre C M ^a,b   Laskar, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Mercury, Interior; Resonances, Spin orbit; Rotational dynamics; Tides, Solid body

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149131539     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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