Open AccessTumbling asteroid rotation with the YORP torque and inelastic energy dissipation
Author(s) -
S. Breiter,
M. Murawiecka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-8711
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1093/mnras/stv433
Subject(s) - physics , rotation (mathematics) , asteroid , dissipation , nutation , rotational energy , classical mechanics , torque , mechanics , astronomy , geometry , thermodynamics , mathematics
The Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack (YORP) effect and rotational energy dissipation due to inelastic deformations are two key mechanisms affecting rotation of tumbling asteroids in long term. Each of the effects used to be discussed separately. We present the first results concerning a simulation of their joint action. Asteroids (3103) Eger and (99942) Apophis, as well as their scaled varian...
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