NASA NTRS · 20110013478
Zero Secular Torque on Asteroids from Impinging Solar Photons in the YORP Effect: A Simple Proof
Abstract
YORP torques, where "YORP" stands for "Yarokovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack." arise mainly from sun light reflected off a Solar System object and the infrared radiation emi tted by it. We show here, through the most elementary demonstration that we Can devise, that secular torques from impinging solar photons are generally negligible and thus cause little secular evolution of an asteroid's obliquity or spin rate.
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Rubincam, David Perry, Paddack, Stephen J.. 2010-06-01. Zero Secular Torque on Asteroids from Impinging Solar Photons in the YORP Effect: A Simple Proof. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110013478
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