Michael Efroimsky

Michael Efroimsky (Russian: Михаил Эфроимский) is an American astronomer of Russian origin. His research interests are in celestial mechanics and relativity. He is working as a Research Scientist at the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC.

Michael Efroimsky is a member of the International Astronomical Union and the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

In 2008 - 2009, he served as the Chair of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the AAS.

With Sergei Kopeikin and George Kaplan, Michael Efroimsky co-authored a book[1] on the relativistic celestial mechanics of the solar system.

With Benoit Noyelles, Julien Frouard and Valeri V. Makarov, Michael Efroimsky co-authored a theory [2] explaining the origin of the present state of rotation of the planet Mercury, a so-called 3:2 spin-orbit resonance.

Notes
  1. Kopeikin, S.; Efroimsky M. & Kaplan G. (2011). Relativistic Celestial Mechanics of the Solar System. Wiley-VCH, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-527-40856-6.
  2. Noyelles, Benoit; Frouard, Julien; Makarov, Valeri V.; Efroimsky, Michael (October 2014). "Spin-orbit evolution of Mercury revisited". Icarus. 241: 26–44. arXiv:1307.0136. Bibcode:2014Icar..241...26N. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.045.

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