#yorp_effect

YORP effect

Second-order variation on the Yarkovsky effect that changes the rotation rate of a small body

The Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect, or YORP effect for short, changes the rotation state of a small astronomical body – that is, the body's spin rate and the obliquity of its pole(s) – due to the scattering of solar radiation off its surface and the emission of its own thermal radiation.

Fri 20th

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