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We have presented in this communication a new solving procedure for the dynamics of non-rigid asteroid rotation, considering the final spin state of rotation for a small celestial body (asteroid). The last condition means the ultimate absence of the applied external torques (including short-term effect from torques during collisions, long-term YORP effect, etc.). Fundamental law of angular momentum conservation has been used for the aforementioned solving procedure. The system of Euler equations for dynamics of non-rigid asteroid rotation has been explored with regard to the existence of an analytic way of presentation of the approximated solution. Despite of various perturbations (such as collisions, YORP effect) which destabilize the rotation of asteroid via deviating from the current spin state, the inelastic (mainly, tidal) dissipation reduces kinetic energy of asteroid. So, evolution of the spinning asteroid should be resulting by the rotation about maximal-inertia axis with the proper spin state corresponding to minimal energy with a fixed angular momentum. Basing on the aforesaid assumption (component K_1 is supposed to be fluctuating near the given appropriate constant of the fixed angular momentum), we have obtained that 2-nd component K_2 is the solution of appropriate Riccati ordinary differential equation of 1-st order, whereas component K_3 should be determined via expression for K_2.
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The main motivation of this research is the analytical exploration of the dynamics of asteroid rotation when it moves in elliptic orbit through Space. According to the results of Efroimsky, Frouard (2016), various perturbations (collisions, close encounters, YORP effect) destabilize the rotation of a small body (asteroid), deviating it from the initial-current spin state. This yields evolution of the spin towards rotation about maximal-inertia axis due to the process of nutation relaxation or to the proper spin state corresponding to minimal energy with a fixed angular momentum. We consider in our research the aforementioned spin state of asteroid but additionally under non-vanishing influence of the effects of non-gravitational nature (YORP effect), which is destabilizing the asteroid rotation during its motion far from giant planets. Meanwhile, new solutions for asteroid rotation dynamics in case of negligible (time-dependent) applied torques have been obtained in our development. New method for solving Euler equations for rigid body rotation is suggested; an elegant example for evolution of spin towards the rotation about maximal-inertia axis is calculated.
The generalized Euler case (rigid body rotation over the fixed point) is discussed here: - the center of masses of non-symmetric rigid body is assumed to be located at the equatorial plane on axis Oy which is perpendicular to the main principal axis Ox of inertia at the fixed point. Such a case was presented in the rotating coordinate system, in a frame of reference fixed in the rotating body for the case of rotation over the fixed point (at given initial conditions). In our derivation, we have represented the generalized Euler case in the fixed Cartesian coordinate system; so, the motivation of our ansatz is to elegantly transform the proper components of the previously presented solution from one (rotating) coordinate system to another (fixed) Cartesian coordinates. Besides, we have obtained an elegantly analytical case of general type of rotations; also, we have presented it in the fixed Cartesian coordinate system via Euler angles.
The main objective for this research was the analytical exploration of the dynamics of planar satellite rotation during the motion of an elliptical orbit around a planet. First, we revisit the results of J. Wisdom et al. (1984), in which, by the elegant change of variables (considering the true anomaly f as the independent variable), the governing equation of satellite rotation takes the form of an Abel ODE of the second kind, a sort of generalization of the Riccati ODE. We note that due to the special character of solutions of a Riccati-type ODE, there exists the possibility of sudden jumping in the magnitude of the solution at some moment of time. In the physical sense, this jumping of the Riccati-type solutions of the governing ODE could be associated with the effect of sudden acceleration/deceleration in the satellite rotation around the chosen principle axis at a definite moment of parametric time. This means that there exists not only a chaotic satellite rotation regime (as per the results of J. Wisdom et al. (1984)), but a kind of gradient catastrophe (Arnold 1992) could occur during the satellite rotation process. We especially note that if a gradient catastrophe could occur, this does not mean that it must occur: such a possibility depends on the initial conditions. In addition, we obtained asymptotical solutions that manifest a quasi-periodic character even with the strong simplifying assumptions e ~ 0, p = 1, which reduce the governing equation of J. Wisdom et al. (1984) to a kind of Beletskii equation.
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