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astro-ph.EP2015
Thermal Conductivity Of Rubble Piles
Jing Luan, Peter Goldreich
Rubble piles are a common feature of solar system bodies. They are composed of monolithic elements of ice or rock bound by gravity. Voids occupy a significant fraction of the volum…
astro-ph.EP2013★ 209 cited
Overstable Librations can account for the Paucity of Mean Motion Resonances among Exoplanet Pairs
Peter Goldreich, Hilke E. Schlichting
We assess the multi-planet systems discovered by the Kepler satellite in terms of current ideas about orbital migration and eccentricity damping due to planet-disk interactions. Ou…
astro-ph.EP2009★ 56 cited
Elastic ice shells of synchronous moons: Implications for cracks on Europa and non-synchronous rotation of Titan
Peter M. Goldreich, Jonathan L. Mitchell
A number of synchronous moons are thought to harbor water oceans beneath their outer ice shells. A subsurface ocean frictionally decouples the shell from the interior. This has led…