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Rotation of Solar System Bodies

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Solar System bodies are different. They have different sizes, from large planets to small asteroids, and shapes. They have different structure, from solid body to solid body with fluid atmosphere or core, to gaseous bodies, but all of them rotate. The Solar System is a big laboratory for studying rotation of solid and fluid bodies.

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Feissel, M. (1992). Rotation of Solar System Bodies. In: Bergeron, J. (eds) Highlights of Astronomy. International Astronomical Union, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2828-5_11

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