Determination of an instantaneous Laplace plane for Mercury’s rotation |
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| Authors: | Sandrine D’Hoedt Benoît Noyelles Julien DufeyAnne Lemaitre |
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| Institution: | University of Namur, Department of Mathematics, 8 Rempart de la Vierge, B-5000 Namur, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Mercury is the target of two space missions: MESSENGER, which carried out its first and second flybys of Mercury on January 14, 2008 and October 6, 2008, and the ESA/JAXA space mission BepiColombo, scheduled to arrive at Mercury in 2020. The preparation of these missions requires a good knowledge of the rotation of Mercury. |
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| Keywords: | Mercury Celestial mechanics Rotational dynamics |
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