The tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.01.026 0019-1035/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. Fax: +420 323 620263. E-mail address: [email protected] (P. Pravec). P. Pravec a,⇑, P. Scheirich , J. Ďurech , J. Pollock , P. Kušnirák , K. Hornoch , A. Galád , D. Vokrouhlický , A.W. Harris , E. Jehin , J. Manfroid , C. Opitom , M. Gillon , F. Colas , J. Oey , J. Vraštil , D. Reichart , K. Ivarsen , J. Haislip , A. LaCluyze f
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