Published July 1981
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Journal article
Solution of the problem of the rotation of the planets within the framework of the statistical theory of accumulation
Creators
- 1. O. Yu. Shmidt Institute of Earth Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences
Description
The problem of the acquisition of axial rotation by a planet during its growth is analyzed. The values of the regular and random components of the axial angular momentum are determined by time-dependent mass and velocity distribution functions of bodies. It is shown that the relatively large inclinations of the rotation axes of the planets and the reverse rotation of some of them are due to the large value of the random component of the axial angular momentum. The dependence of the specific axial angular momentum on the planet's mass found for planets not slowed by tidal interaction agrees with the observed dependence
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
- Journal Page Range
- 494-499
- ISSN
- 0038-5301
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14744476
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COSMOLOGY; INCLINATION; PLANETS; PROTOPLANETS; ROTATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).