Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
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David P. Rubincam
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 614-6464 FAX: (301) 614-6522 Email: David.P.Rubincam@nasa.gov |
CURRENT POSITION
- Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
RESEARCH AREAS
- Geophysics, celestial mechanics, climate modeling
EDUCATION
- 1970 - BS (physics) University of Maryland
- 1972 - MS (physics) University of Maryland
- 1973 - PhD (physics) University of Maryland
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
| 1974-1976 | NAS-NRC Resident Research Associate, NASA-GSFC |
| 1976-1978 | Lead Analyst in Geophysics, Wolf Research & Development Group, EG & G, Inc. |
| 1978-present | Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Rubincam, D.P., Black body temperature, orbital elements, the Milankovitch precession index, and Seversmith psychroterms, Theor. Appl. Climatol. 79, 111-131.
2003 Rubincam, D. P., Polar wander on Triton and Pluto due to volatile migration, Icarus 163, 469-478, 2003 2003 Rubincam, D. P., Gravitational core-mantle coupling and the acceleration of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res.. 108, no. B7, 2338, doi:10.1029/2002/B002132. 2002 Rubincam, D. P., D. D. Rowlands, and R. D. Ray, Is asteroid 951 Gaspra in a resonant obliquity state with its spin increasing due to YORP?, J. Geophys. Res.. 107, 5065, doi: 10.1029/2001JE001813. 2002 Bottke, W. F., D. Vokrouhlicky, D. P. Rubincam, M. Broz, Dynamical evolution of asteroids and meteoroids using the Yarkovsky effect, in Asteroids III, pp. 395-408, edited by W. F. Bottke, University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 2000 Rubincam, D. P., Pluto and Charon: a case of precession-orbit coupling?, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 26,745-26,755. 2000 Rubincam, D. P., Radiative spin-up and spin-down of small asteroids, Icarus 148, 2-11. 2000 Bottke, W. F., D. P. Rubincam, and J. A. Burns, Dynamical evolution of main belt meteoroids: numerical simulations incorporating planetary perturbations and Yarkovsky thermal forces, Icarus 145, 301-331. 1999 Rubincam, D. P. Mars secular obliquity change due to water ice caps, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 30,765-30,771. 1998 Rubincam, D. P., Yarkovsky thermal drag on small asteroids and Mars-Earth delivery, J. Geophys. Res.. 103, 1725-1732.
