ROTATION OF MERCURY [electronic resource] : THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF A RIGID ELLIPSOIDAL PLANET

Published: Berkeley, Calif. : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1966.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 0.5 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary

The second-order nonlinear differential equation for the rotation of Mercury is shown to imply locked-in motion when the period is within the range (2T/3) [1-λ cos 2πt/T ± 2/3 (21λe/2){sup 1/2}], where e is the eccentricity and T the period of Mercury's orbit, the time t is measured from perihelion, and λ = (B-A)/C measures the planet's distortion. For values near 2T/3, the instantaneous period oscillates about 2T/3 with period (21λe/2){sup -1/2}T.

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E 1.99:ucrl-16633
ucrl-16633

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1966.
"ucrl-16633"
Science ISSN 0193-4511; SCEHDK FT
Sessler, Andrew M.; Laslett, L. Jackson.
Accelerator&
Fusion Research Division

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DE-AC02-05CH11231

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