Mercury's capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance as a result of its chaotic dynamics

2004/06/01 by Alexandre C. M. Correia, A. C. M. Correia, Jacques Laskar +1 · 9 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Atomic physics #Celestial mechanics #Chaotic #Computer science #Eccentricity (behavior) #Geometry #Libration (molecule) #Mathematics #Mercury (programming language) #Orbit (dynamics) #Physics #Planet #Planetary Science and Exploration #Resonance (particle physics) #Scientific Research and Discoveries

paper · doi:10.1038/nature02609

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• The interior structure of Mercury: what we know, what we expect from BepiColombo
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