How Mercury got its spin

Stanley F. Dermott ()
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Stanley F. Dermott: University of Florida

Nature, 2004, vol. 429, issue 6994, 814-815

Abstract: The orbital period of Mercury and its period of rotation are known to be in a 3/2 ratio, but the chances of the planet reaching this state seemed so small as to be unfeasible — until now.

Date: 2004
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