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Tumbling AsteroidsBurns and Safronov estimated the damping timescale of rotational wobble for asteroids, and concluded that all asteroid rotations then known should be damped to a state of principal-axis rotation about the axis of maximum moment of inertia.
Document ID
20210004163
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Other
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/32558
Authors
Harris, A.
Date Acquired
July 31, 1993
Publication Date
July 31, 1993
Publication Information
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Technical Review
Keywords
very
slow
rotation
rates
damping
timescale
longer
than
age
of
solar
system
complex
state
of
rotational
motion
rotational
wobble
for
asteroids

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