Вісник Астрономічної школи (Dec 2015)

A comparative analysis of the geometric shapes and dynamic shapes of the planetary satellites

  • S. A. Yasenev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18372/2411-6602.11.2122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 122 – 126

Abstract

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Determining of dynamic shapes of planetary satellites is today the urgent problem. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the physical properties of satellites which we refer to planetoids.Planetary satellites are analyzed as self-gravitating structures, and differences in their dynamic and geometric shapes are identified.

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