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The Formation of Bilobate Comet Shapes through Sublimative Torques
Taylor K. Safrit, Jordan K. Steckloff, Amanda S. Bosh +4
Recent spacecraft and radar observations have found that ~70 percent of short-period comet nuclei, mostly Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), have bilobate shapes (two masses connected b…
Evidence for a Past Martian Ring from the Orbital Inclination of Deimos
Matija Ćuk, David A. Minton, Jennifer L. L. Pouplin +1
We numerically explore the possibility that the large orbital inclination of the martian satellite Deimos originated in an orbital resonance with an ancient inner satellite of Mars…
The equilibrium size-frequency distribution of small craters reveals the effects of distal ejecta on lunar landscape morphology
David A. Minton, Caleb I. Fassett, Masatoshi Hirabayashi +2
Small craters of the lunar maria are observed to be in a state of equilibrium, in which the rate of production of new craters is, on average, equal to the rate of destruction of ol…
Three Dynamical Evolution Regimes for Coupled Ring-Satellite Systems and Implications for the Formation of the Uranian Satellite Miranda
Andrew J. Hesselbrock, David A. Minton
In coupled ring-satellite systems, satellites exchange angular momentum with both the primary through tides and with the ring through Lindblad torques, and may exchange material wi…
An analytical model of crater count equilibrium
Masatoshi Hirabayashi, David A. Minton, Caleb I. Fassett
Crater count equilibrium occurs when new craters form at the same rate that old craters are erased, such that the total number of observable impacts remains constant. Despite subst…
Dynamic Sublimation Pressure and the Catastrophic Breakup of Comet ISON
Jordan K. Steckloff, Brandon C. Johnson, Timothy Bowling +4
Previously proposed mechanisms have difficulty explaining the disruption of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) as it approached the Sun. We describe a novel cometary disruption mechanism where…