Longitudinal librations of a satellite
Furi, Martelli and Landsberg gave a theoretical explanation of the chaotic longitudinal librations of Hyperion, a satellite of Saturn. The analysis was made under the simplifying assumption that the spin axis remains perpendicular to the orbit plane. Here, under the same assumption, we investiga...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Texas State University
2011-10-01
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Series: | Electronic Journal of Differential Equations |
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Online Access: | http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2011/134/abstr.html |