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YORP effect: Examples, Physical mechanism & Term

The Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect, or YORP effect for short, changes the rotation state of a small astronomical body – that is, the body's spin rate and the obliquity of its pole(s) – due to the scattering of solar radiation off its surface and the emission of its own thermal radiation.

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YORP effect topic overview

The analysis highlights Examples, Physical mechanism and Term as prominent areas in the source structure around YORP effect. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
56
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
63
Extracted relationships
25
Related term clusters
26
Bridge connections
63

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 15 topics
Examples · 14 topics
Physical mechanism · 9 topics
Term · 8 topics
Observations · 7 topics
General and cited references · 4 topics

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Overview

Term

Physical mechanism

Observations

Examples

General and cited references

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How YORP effect connects Entity context

The extracted context around YORP effect shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, YORP effect → David, E/c, Ivan Yarkovsky, John O'Keefe, Rubincam, Stephen Paddack, Sun, Translated, Vladimir Radzievskii, YORP Another extracted example is YORP effect → Apollo, Mathilde, Maxwellian, Observations, PH5, The YORP, YORP. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

YORP effect

Top relations

related to Term · 10
YORP effect → David, E/c, Ivan Yarkovsky, John O'Keefe, Rubincam, Stephen Paddack, Sun, Translated, Vladimir Radzievskii, YORP
related to Observations · 7
YORP effect → Apollo, Mathilde, Maxwellian, Observations, PH5, The YORP, YORP
related to Physical mechanism · 4
YORP effect → Since, Sun, Thus, YORP
is a · 2
YORP effect → prime candidate, secular change in the rotation state of the asteroid after averaging the solar radiation torques over first the rotational period and then the orbital period

Important terminology

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Important terminology

effect yorp asteroids spin rotation asteroid rate small body radiation yarkovsky sun torque years surface due momentum photons bibcode doi

YORP effect relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 25 structured relationships around YORP effect. Examples in this analysis include YORP effect → is a → secular change in the rotation state of the asteroid after averaging the solar radiation torques over first the rotational period and then the orbital period and YORP effect → is a → prime candidate. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
YORP effectis asecular change in the rotation state of the asteroid after averaging the solar radiation torques over first the rotational period and then the orbital period0.90text
YORP effectis aprime candidate0.90text
253 Mathilde.In late 2013 asteroid P/2013 R3 was observed breaking apartinstance ofso a different explanation must be sought for objects0.80text
likely because of a high rotation speed from the YORP effectinstance ofso a different explanation must be sought for objects0.80text
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsYORP0.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsPH50.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsApollo0.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsObservations0.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsMaxwellian0.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsThe YORP0.60section
YORP effectrelated to ObservationsMathilde0.60section
YORP effectrelated to Physical mechanismSun0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around YORP effect bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Effect, Yorp and Asteroids. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • YORP effect
    • Effect
    • Yorp
    • Asteroids
    • Solar
    • Small
    • Asteroid
    • Rotation
    • O'keefe
    • Paddack
    • Period
    • Sun
    • Surface
  • yorp effect
    • Effect
    • Yorp
    • Asteroids
    • Solar
    • O'keefe
    • Due
    • Small
    • Surface
    • Yarkovsky
    • Asteroid
    • Radiation
    • Rate
  • astronomical body
    • Thermal
    • Radiation
    • Changes
    • Momentum
    • Surface
    • Yarkovsky
    • Body's
    • O'keefe
    • Due
    • Sun
    • Small
    • Asteroid
  • spin rate
    • Rate
    • Spin
    • Pole
    • Years
    • Binary
    • Gaspra
    • Due
    • Rotation
    • Yarkovsky
    • Smaller
    • Torque
    • Asteroids
  • yarkovsky effect
    • Yorp
    • Due
    • Thermal
    • Pole
    • Body
    • Radiation
    • Well
    • Asteroids
    • Surface
    • Rate
    • O'keefe
    • Solar
  • 54509 yorp
    • Effect
    • Asteroids
    • Solar
    • Small
    • Asteroid
    • Rotation
    • O'keefe
    • Paddack
    • Period
    • Sun
    • Surface
    • Yarkovsky
  • solar radiation
    • Thermal
    • Surface
    • Yarkovsky
    • Radiation
    • Solar
    • Asteroid
    • Force
    • Yorp
    • Heliocentric
    • Orbit
    • Sun
    • Small
  • ivan yarkovsky
    • Due
    • Thermal
    • Pole
    • Body
    • Radiation
    • Well
    • Surface
    • Rate
    • Binary
    • Body's
    • Heliocentric
    • Solar

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For YORP effect, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects YORP effect with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
YORP effect — Overview · splits 48 ⟂ 16
YORP effect — Examples · splits 49 ⟂ 15
YORP effect — Physical mechanism · splits 54 ⟂ 10
YORP effect — Term · splits 55 ⟂ 9
YORP effect — Observations · splits 56 ⟂ 8
YORP effect — General and cited references · splits 59 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

YORP effect

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples25
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around YORP effect to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Examples, Physical mechanism & Term, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — YORP effect · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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