2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
A Formation-Stage Bottleneck for Exomoons around Close-in Rocky Planets
Rongxi Bi, Hongping Deng, Christian Reinhardt +2
Massive moons around rocky exoplanets are expected outcomes of giant impacts, yet no exomoon has been securely confirmed. We address this problem using meshless finite-mass simulat…
astro-ph.EP2024
The Moon-forming Impact as a Constraint for the Inner Solar System's Formation
Tong Fang, Rongxi Bi, Hui Zhang +3
The solar system planets are benchmarks for the planet formation theory. Yet two paradigms coexist for the four terrestrial planets: the prolonged collisional growth among planetes…