Published July 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Solution of the problem of the rotation of the planets within the framework of the statistical theory of accumulation

  • 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

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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

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).