The long-term rotational stability of terrestrial planets with viscoelastic lithospheres: A new theory with application to Mars

Ngai-Ham Chan, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Kimberly Moore, Harvard University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, Amy Daradich, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Jerry X Mitrovica, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States