2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Tidal Heating of the Lunar Magma Ocean: Reconciling an Old Moon with a Young Solidification
Wenhao Zhao, Harriet Lau, Stephen Parman +1
The timing of the Moon's formation is fundamental to understanding the early Earth-Moon system. Ages of lunar magma ocean (LMO) crystallization have long been regarded as a key pro…
astro-ph.EP2024
Randomness and Retention: Using Weak Mean Motion Resonances to Constrain Neptune's Late-Stage Migration
Arcelia Hermosillo Ruiz, Harriet C. P. Lau, Ruth Murray-Clay
Planet-planetesimal interactions cause a planet to migrate, manifesting as a random walk in semi-major axis. In models for Neptune's migration involving a gravitational upheaval, t…