Decrease in spin rate of Mars due to tidal torques exerted by PHOBOS and sun

Details Decrease in spin rate of Mars due to tidal torques exerted by PHOBOS and sun Decrease in spin rate of Mars due to tidal torques exerted by PHOBOS and sun

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988baicz..39..168b&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia, Bulletin (ISSN 0004-6248), vol. 39, May 1988, p. 168-171.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Mars (Planet), Phobos, Planetary Rotation, Secular Variations, Sun, Tides, Angular Velocity, Spin Dynamics

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The tidal secular decrease in the angular velocity of the rotation of Mars is computed on the basis of the total angular momentum tidal balance in the Mars-Phobos-sun system. The decrease is found to be -5.5 X 10 to the -6th rad/sq cy. It is found that the decrease is mostly due to the tidal torque exerted by the sun, whereas the positive acceleration due to Phobos is negligibly small.

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