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sionnach commented on the word yarkovsky-o'keefe-radzievskii-paddock
The Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddock effect, or YORP effect for short, is a second-order variation on the Yarkovsky effect which changes the rotation rate of a small body (such as an asteroid). The term was coined by Dr. David P. Rubincam in 2000.
May 4, 2008