14 citations · 14 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for
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astro-ph.EP2021★ 14 cited
Can a jumping-Jupiter trigger the Moon's formation impact?
Sandro R. DeSouza, Fernando Roig, David Nesvorný
We investigate the possibility that the Moon's formation impact was triggered by an early dynamical instability of the giant planets. We consider the well-studied "jumping Jupiter"…
astro-ph.EP2016
Jumping Jupiter can explain Mercury's orbit
Fernando Roig, David Nesvorný, Sandro Ricardo DeSouza
The orbit of Mercury has large values of eccentricity and inclination that cannot be easily explained if this planet formed on a circular and coplanar orbit. Here, we study the evo…