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In this chapter, we apply the framework developed in the previous chapter to look at the equilibrium shapes of rotating rubble ellipsoids. We will apply the results to look at features of several known asteroids that may be granular aggregates.
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A velocity field that satisfies all displacement boundary conditions. There are none imposed on an isolated asteroid.
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Sharma, I. (2017). Asteroids. In: Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Planets. Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40490-5_4
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