Rotation of an oblate satellite: Chaos control | Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)

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This article has an erratum: [https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731167e]

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Rotational model of an oblate moon (H) orbiting around a central body (denoted with S); α is the angle between the long axis of the moon and the direction to the planet, and θ is the dynamical angle from Eqs. (3) and (4), where f is the true anomaly.

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