EFFECT OF NON-SPHERICITY OF GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF THE ASTEROID ON THE ITS SATELLITES ORBITS EVOLUTION

Abstract

Lately it has become possible to sufficiently precise definition of the physical and geometric characteristics of asteroid systems using radar observations (http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~lance/binary.neas.html), which allowed calculating the asymmetry of the massive component of double and multiple asteroids for studying the dynamics of motion of their satellites.