Theory of Rotation for the Planet Mercury
Abstract
The theory of the rotation of the planet Mercury is developed in terms of the motion of a rigid system in an inverse-square field. It is possible for Mercury to rotate with a period exactly two-thirds of the period of revolution; there is a libration with a period of 25 years.
- Publication:
-
Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1965
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.150.3704.1717
- Bibcode:
- 1965Sci...150.1717L