Detection of the YORP effect in asteroid (1620) Geographos

Abstract

Aims. The rotation state of small asteroids is affected by the Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) torque.

The directly observable consequence of the YORP effect is the secular change of the asteroid's rotation period.

Keywords

• Detection
• effect
• asteroid
• Geographos