The complex spin state of 103P/Hartley 2: Kinematics and orientation in space

Icarus

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-609

  Belton, Michael J S ^a   Thomas, Peter ^b   Li, Jian Yang ^c   Williams, Jade ^c   Carcich, Brian ^b   A'Hearn, Michael F ^c   McLaughlin, Stephanie ^c   Farnham, Tony ^c   McFadden, Lucy ^d   Lisse, Carey M ^e   Collins, Steven ^f   Besse, Sebastien ^c   Klaasen, Kenneth ^f   Sunshine, Jessica ^c   Meech, Karen J ^g   Lindler, Don ^h  

^a Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

^b National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Comets, Nucleus; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873464980     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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