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Evolution of a synchronous planet-moon pair due to solar tides. Demise of the synchronous moon that initiated Mars' triaxiality. A possible link to tidalites in Vastitas Borealis and Gale Crater
Michael Efroimsky
The paper models the orbital decay of a hypothetical synchronous Mars moon (Nerio) under solar tides, showing how its desynchronisation and eventual loss could have altered Mars’s…
Synchronisation of a tidal binary by inward orbital migration. The case of Pluto and Charon
Michael Efroimsky, Michaela Walterova, Yeva Gevorgyan +3
It is usually taken for granted that mutual synchronisation of a tidal two-body system is attained through tidal recession, assuming the reduced Hill sphere is not reached. However…
Initial conditions for tidal synchronisation of a planet by its moon
Valeri V. Makarov, Michael Efroimsky
Moons tidally interact with their host planets and stars. A close moon is quickly synchronised by the planet, or becomes captured in a higher spin-orbit resonance. However, the pla…
A synchronous moon as a possible cause of Mars' initial triaxiality
Michael Efroimsky
The paper addresses the possibility of a young Mars having had a massive moon, which synchronised the rotation of Mars, and gave Mars an initial asymmetric triaxiality to be later…