Rotation of Mercury: Theoretical Analysis of the Dynamics of a Rigid Ellipsoidal Planet
- 18 March 1966
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 151 (3716) , 1384-1385
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3716.1384
Abstract
The second-order nonlinear differential equation for the rotation of Mercury implies locked-in motion when the period is within the range where e is the eccentricity and T is the period of Mercury's orbit, the time t is measured from perihelion, and lambda is a measure of the planet's disiortion. For values near 2T/3, the instantaneous period oscillates about 2T/3 with period (21lambdae/2)T.Keywords
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