Tidal torques: A critical review of some techniques

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-289

  Efroimsky, Michael ^a   Williams, James G ^b  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily tides; Body tides; Land tides; Libration; MacDonald torques; Natural satellites; Spin orbit coupling; Spin orbit interaction; Spin orbit resonances; Tidal despinning; Tidal forces; Tidal torques; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886943232     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-009-9204-7     Document Type: Review

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