Title of article
The lunar theory ELP revisited. Introduction of new planetary perturbations
Author/Authors
Chapront، J. نويسنده , , Francou، G. نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
-734
From page
735
To page
0
Abstract
Most asteroids rotate about their axis of maximum moment of inertia. However, for several small asteroids with very slow rotation rates, the damping time scale is expected to be longer than the age of the Solar System, implying that these objects may exhibit non-principal axis rotation. The asteroid 288 Glauke is suspected to undergo tumbling rotation because of very long period of light variations. We observed this object during 39 nights from January to May 2000 at the Borowiec Observatory (Poland). Our lightcurve with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.7 mag has a complicated nature which can result from a nonprincipal axis rotation or a very complex shape of this body.
Keywords
planets , Satellites , general , celestial mechanics , ephemerides
Journal title
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Record number
77840
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