Published March 2005 | Updated
Journal Article Open

Geometric Mechanics and the Dynamics of Asteroid Pairs

An error occurred while generating the citation.

Abstract

This paper studies, using the technique of Lagrangian reduction, the geometric mechanics of a pair of asteroids in orbit about each other under mutual gravitational attraction.

Additional Information

© 2005 Taylor & Francis Ltd. December, 2003; this version June 18, 2004. Received 16 April 2004; in final form 12 July 2004. We thank Steven Brunton, Eva Kanso, Wang-Sang Koon, Martin Lo, Tudor Ratiu, Shane Ross, Dan Scheeres for their interest and remarks. This research was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0204474

Attached Files

Updated - CeMa2005.pdf

Files

CeMa2005.pdf
Files (396.7 kB)
Name Size Download all
md5:b37180c1385cf3ce0353e33b10df11b9
396.7 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Created:
August 19, 2023
Modified:
October 20, 2023