2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Wind erosion and transport on planetesimals
Alice C. Quillen, Stephen Luniewski, Adam E. Rubinstein +3
We consider the possibility that aeolian (wind blown) processes occur on small, 1 to 100~km diameter, planetesimals when they were embedded in the protosolar nebula. Drag from a he…
astro-ph.EP2024
The Limited Role of the Streaming Instability During Moon and Exomoon Formation
Miki Nakajima, Jeremy Atkins, Jacob B. Simon +1
It is generally accepted that the Moon accreted from the disk formed by an impact between the proto-Earth and impactor, but its details are highly debated. Some models suggest that…