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Libration

Libration is a periodic oscillation in the orbital or rotational motion of a celestial body, particularly within a resonant orbit, that arises due to the gravitational interaction with another body, distinguishing it from secular or chaotic variations by its bounded and reversible nature.

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Secular perturbations of asteroids with high inclination and eccentricity

Yoshihide Kozai · The Astronomical Journal · 1962 · 2.6K citations

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Enceladus’s measured physical libration requires a global subsurface ocean

P. C. Thomas, Radwan Tajeddine, Matthew S. Tiscareno et al. · Icarus · 2015 · 404 citations · Full text

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Quasi-periodic orbits about the translunar libration point

Robert W. Farquhar, Ahmed Kamel · Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy · 1973 · 257 citations

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Orbital Resonances in the Solar System

S. J. Peale · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 1976 · 232 citations

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Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Trajectory Design for a Libration Point Mission

Kathleen C. Howell, B. T. Barden, M. W. Lo · The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences · 1997 · 212 citations

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  1. JJ
    Josep J. Masdemont

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    12 publications · 535 citations

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  2. KC
    Kathleen C. Howell

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    12 publications · 708 citations

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  3. GG
    Gérard Gómez

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    11 publications · 413 citations

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  4. ZZ
    Zheng Zhu

    York University, Canada

    9 publications · 308 citations

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  5. NR
    Nicolas Rambaux

    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, France

    8 publications · 443 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    87 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Royal Observatory of Belgium

    Brussels, Belgium

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Nanjing University

    Nanjing, China

    14 h-index

    33 publications

    815 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    750 citations

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  1. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

    46 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 30 publications · 4K citations

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  3. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    26 publications · 866 citations

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  5. Icarus

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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