Equilibrium figures of two liquid masses with synchronous rotation. Dynamics of a double asteroid (190166) 2005 UP156

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The problem of equilibrium figures of two liquid masses in a state of tidal mutual capture is posed and solved. The condition of complete synchronous (orbital plus spin) rotation is satisfied in the system, both bodies have the same masses and congruent ellipsoidal surfaces. For each figure, in addition to its own gravity and centrifugal forces, the attraction from the second body is taken into account in the tidal approximation. The spatial form of equilibrium figures in the form of triaxial ellipsoids is found by an analytical and numerical method. It is established that the spin rotation of ellipsoidal equilibrium figures occurs not around small axes, as is usually assumed, but around the middle axes of the ellipsoids. This method is used to study the binary asteroid (190166) 2005 UP156, which approximately satisfies the initial conditions of the problem. The study showed that with the parameters known today, the system of two asteroids (190166) 2005 UP156 is nonequilibrium.

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B. P. Kondratyev

Moscow State University; Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University; Central (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow; St. Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Sections of the figures of a double asteroid. Both bodies have a congruent ellipsoidal shape and the same masses, and are the semi-axes of the figure.

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3. Fig. 2. Dependence of the density of matter in the binary asteroid (190166) 2005 UP156 on the normalized distance between the centers of mass D/a1.

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