Chaotic rotation involves the irregular and unpredictable rotation of an astronomical body, typically seen in objects that aren't spherically symmetric...

figure at a center of rotation. A solid figure has an infinite number of possible axes and angles of rotation, including chaotic rotation (between arbitrary...

moon of Saturn. It is distinguished by its highly irregular shape, chaotic rotation, low density, and its unusual sponge-like appearance. It was the first...

experiences strong driving from the nearby Titan, which forces its rotation to be chaotic. The above formulae for the timescale of locking may be off by orders...

chaotically similarly to all smaller moons of Pluto; the moon's axial tilt and rotation period vary greatly over short timescales. Due to the chaotic...

the Chaotic Dance of Pluto's Moons". New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2015. Wisdom, J.; Peale, S. J.; Mignard, F. (1984). "The chaotic rotation of Hyperion"...

to the orbit, Stygian rotation is chaotic; like the other small Plutonian moons, Styx is not tidally locked, and its rotation varies over short timescales...

other small moons of Pluto, Kerberos is not tidally locked and its rotation is chaotic, varying quickly over geological timescales. The varying gravitational...

which have prograde orbits (they orbit in the direction of their planets' rotation) and lie close to the plane of their equators, and irregular moons, whose...

work has also brought to light the chaotic rotation of Hyperion, chaos in the orbital evolution of Pluto, and the chaotic obliquity of Mars which has important...

Eureka's rotational period to the present 2.69 hours. The L4 trojan 1999 UJ7 has a much longer rotational period of ~50 h, apparently due to a chaotic rotation...

rotating system, including all forms of run-out, at the measured point. Chaotic rotation Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing Nutation Tire balance, related...

this behaviour, and its rotation period is described as chaotic. Apparent retrograde motion Day length fluctuations Earth's rotation periods List of slow...

Showalter, M.R.; Hamilton, D.P. (June 3, 2015). "Resonant interactions and chaotic rotation of Pluto's small moons". Nature. 522 (7554): 45–49. Bibcode:2015Natur...

unusually slow and possibly chaotic rotation period, similar to that of asteroid 4179 Toutatis. In July 1999, a rotational lightcurve of 1999 JM8 was obtained...

the rotation of Nereid. Nereid's rotation could be either in the state of forced precession or even chaotic rotation (like Hyperion) due to its highly...

Angular momentum diagrams (quantum mechanics) Chaotic rotation Clebsch–Gordan coefficients Linear-rotational analogs Orders of magnitude (angular momentum)...

axial tilt, also known as obliquity, is the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis, which is the line perpendicular to its orbital...

in the area of dynamical systems, a double pendulum, also known as a chaotic pendulum, is a pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end, forming...

Hyperion, which exhibits chaotic rotation due to Titan's gravitational influence on its irregular shape; Hyperion's chaotic rotation may be further facilitated...

and rotates chaotically; its rotational period and axial tilt vary quickly over astronomical timescales, to the point that its rotational axis regularly...

Lyapunov time is the characteristic timescale on which a dynamical system is chaotic. It is named after the Russian mathematician Aleksandr Lyapunov. It is...

magnitude, which were speculated to be caused by forced precession or chaotic rotation combined with an elongated shape and bright or dark spots on the surface...

on longer timescales its axis of rotation (spin vector) wanders chaotically across the sky. This makes the rotational behavior of Hyperion essentially...

In mathematics, a chaotic map is a map (an evolution function) that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior. Maps may be parameterized by a discrete-time...

Showalter, M. R.; Hamilton, D. P. (2015). "Resonant interactions and chaotic rotation of Pluto's small moons". Nature. 522 (7554): 45–49. Bibcode:2015Natur...

its asphericity and eccentricity temporarily caused it to undergo a chaotic rotational movement, such as that observed on Hyperion. If Miranda's orbital...

union club A special case of Poinsot's ellipsoid, describing a form of chaotic rotation of an extended object Tumble finishing, a technique for smoothing and...

direction at a constant speed, the Malkus waterwheel exhibits chaotic motion where its rotation will speed up, slow down, stop, change directions, and oscillate...

The Malkus waterwheel exhibits chaotic motion where instead of spinning in one direction at a constant speed, its rotation will speed up, slow down, stop...