85 citations
2 papers
astro-ph2005★ 85 cited
Formation of Kuiper-belt binaries through multiple chaotic scattering encounters with low-mass intruders
Sergey A. Astakhov, Ernestine A. Lee, David Farrelly
The discovery that many trans-neptunian objects exist in pairs, or binaries, is proving invaluable for shedding light on the formation, evolution and structure of the outer Solar s…
astro-ph2004★ 42 cited
Capture and escape in the elliptic restricted three-body problem
Sergey A. Astakhov, David Farrelly
Several families of irregular moons orbit the giant planets. These moons are thought to have been captured into planetocentric orbits after straying into a region in which the plan…