NASA NTRS · 19740037371
Rotation of solid bodies in the solar system
Abstract
The effects of elastic distortion, nonprincipal axis rotation, precessing orbits, and internal dissipation on the rotation of a solid solar system body, which is in the gravitational field of an exterior body, are relatively easily analyzed by a Hamiltonian theory developed here. Examples of applications include the Chandler wobble, wobble of the moon, spin-orbit coupling, generalized Cassini laws, and tidal evolution.
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Peale, S. J.. 1973-11-01. Rotation of solid bodies in the solar system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19740037371
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