Chaotic spin-orbit coupling can drive high-eccentricity asteroids around white dwarfs to rotational fission outside the Roche radius, providing a new debris source.
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Chaotic rotation and evolution of asteroids and small planets in high-eccentricity orbits around white dwarfs
Chaotic spin-orbit coupling can drive high-eccentricity asteroids around white dwarfs to rotational fission outside the Roche radius, providing a new debris source.