The collisional evolution of the spin of a nonspherical body

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Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990icar...83..183h&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 83, Jan. 1990, p. 183-185.

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Angular Momentum, Asteroids, Planetary Evolution, Spin, Astronomical Models, Collisions, Fragmentation

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The nonspherical shapes of asteroids are considered through a generalization of the Harris (1979) model of asteroid spin rates' collisional evolution. Since a body in spin equilibrium rotates about its axis of maximum moment of inertia, the computation of the mean-squared impact parameter through averaging over all directions of flux is not strictly valid; nevertheless, these complications have been found not to alter the conclusions reachable by means of the simpler model.

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