Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 912 Maritima is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. Based on lightcurve studies observing Maritima over a three-month period, Maritima has a rotation period of 1332 hours. Analysis reveals a possible synodic period of 1332 ± 5 hours. Super slow rotators, those with periods longer than a few days, are generally small asteroids. The current paradigm is that slowing of an asteroids spin rate is the result of YORP radiation pressure, which acts on the target as the inverse square of its size and the inverse of its semi-major axis. The rotation period is less than conclusive.. }
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- 912_Maritima abstract "912 Maritima is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. Based on lightcurve studies observing Maritima over a three-month period, Maritima has a rotation period of 1332 hours. Analysis reveals a possible synodic period of 1332 ± 5 hours. Super slow rotators, those with periods longer than a few days, are generally small asteroids. The current paradigm is that slowing of an asteroids spin rate is the result of YORP radiation pressure, which acts on the target as the inverse square of its size and the inverse of its semi-major axis. The rotation period is less than conclusive.".