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astro-ph.EP2016★ 42 cited
The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids
Viranga Perera, Alan P. Jackson, Erik Asphaug +1
Many asteroids are likely rubble-piles that are a collection of smaller objects held together by gravity and possibly cohesion. These asteroids are seismically shaken by impacts, w…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 38 cited
Insights into planet formation from debris disks: II. Giant impacts in extrasolar planetary systems
Mark C. Wyatt, Alan P. Jackson
Giant impacts refer to collisions between two objects each of which is massive enough to be considered at least a planetary embryo. The putative collision suffered by the proto-Ear…