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astro-ph.EP2020★ 48 cited
Tidal distortion and disruption of rubble-pile bodies revisited -- Soft-sphere discrete element analyses
Yun Zhang, Patrick Michel
During close approaches to planets or stars, the morphological and dynamical properties of rubble-pile small bodies can be modified, and some may catastrophically break up. This ph…
astro-ph.EP2020★ 58 cited
Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua)
Yun Zhang, Douglas N. C. Lin
The first discovered interstellar object (ISO), `Oumuamua (1I/2017 U1) shows a dry and rocky surface, an unusually elongated short-to-long axis ratio , a low velo…