Translational-Rotational Motion of a Viscoelastic Sphere in Gravitational Field of an Attracting Center and a Satellite

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Jan 2004

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Cosmic Research, v. 42, Issue 1, p. 91-102 (2004).

Physics

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We study the translational-rotational motion of a planet modeled by a viscoelastic sphere in the gravitational fields of an immovable attracting center and a satellite modeled as material points. The satellite and the planet move with respect to their common center of mass that, in turn, moves with respect to the attracting center. The exact system of equations of motion of the considered mechanical system is deduced from the D'Alembert-Lagrange variational principle. The method of separation of motions is applied to the obtained system of equations and an approximate system of ordinary differential equations is deduced which describes the translational-rotational motion of the planet and its satellite, taking into account the perturbations caused by elasticity and dissipation. An analysis of the deformed state of the viscoelastic planet under the action of gravitational forces and forces of inertia is carried out. It is demonstrated that in the steady-state motion, when energy dissipation vanishes, the planet's center of mass and the satellite move along circular orbits with respect to the attracting center, being located on a single line with it. The viscoelastic planet in its steady-state motion is immovable in the orbital frame of reference. It is demonstrated that this steady-state motion is unstable.

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