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On the Origin of Pluto's Minor Moons, Nix and Hydra
Yoram Lithwick, Yanqin Wu
How did Pluto's recently discovered minor moons form? Ward and Canup propose an elegant solution in which Nix and Hydra formed in the collision that produced Charon, then were caug…
astro-ph2008★ 3 cited
The Effect of Charon's Tidal Damping on the Orbits of Pluto's Three Moons
Yoram Lithwick, Yanqin Wu
Pluto's recently discovered minor moons, Nix and Hydra, have almost circular orbits, and are nearly coplanar with Charon, Pluto's major moon. This is surprising because tidal inter…