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Spin-orbit coupling and chaotic rotation for eccentric coorbital bodies

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2015-07-15 v1

Abstract

The presence of a co-orbital companion induces the splitting of the well known Keplerian spin-orbit resonances. It leads to chaotic rotation when those resonances overlap.

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@article{arxiv.1411.3950,
  title  = {Spin-orbit coupling and chaotic rotation for eccentric coorbital bodies},
  author = {Adrien Leleu and Philippe Robutel and A. C. M. Correia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3950},
  year   = {2015}
}
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