Abstract

The effect of the preferred orientation of the largest axis of the satellite’s figure toward the planet during chaotic rotation is considered by means of numerical experiments. It has been found that the effect is most noticeable in the chaotic dynamics of small satellites with an orbital eccentricity e ≤ 0.005; this may impede the identification of the chaotic rotation of the satellite if the observation series is not sufficiently long. It is shown that the effect is present in the possible chaotic rotational dynamics of 30% of the known small satellites of the planets of the Solar System.

中文翻译：

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小型行星卫星在混沌旋转中的方向

摘要

通过数值实验考虑了在混沌旋转过程中卫星图形最大轴朝向地球的首选方向的影响。它已经发现，效果是最显着的小颗卫星的轨道偏心率的混沌动力学é ≤0.005; 如果观测序列不够长，这可能会阻碍对卫星混沌旋转的识别。结果表明，这种影响存在于太阳系行星已知小卫星的30％的可能的旋转自旋动力学中。