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Large planets may not form fractionally large moons
Miki Nakajima, Hidenori Genda, Erik Asphaug +1
One of the unique aspects of Earth is that it has a fractionally large Moon, which is thought to have formed from a Moon-forming disk generated by a giant impact. The Moon stabiliz…
Collision Chains among the Terrestrial Planets. III. Formation of the Moon
Erik Asphaug, Alexandre Emsenhuber, Saverio Cambioni +2
In the canonical model of Moon formation, a Mars-sized protoplanet "Theia" collides with proto-Earth at close to their mutual escape velocity and a common impact angl…
Collision Chains among the Terrestrial Planets. II. An Asymmetry between Earth and Venus
Alexandre Emsenhuber, Erik Asphaug, Saverio Cambioni +2
During the late stage of terrestrial planet formation, hit-and-run collisions are about as common as accretionary mergers, for expected velocities and angles of giant impacts. Aver…
The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS). II. Planetary population of solar-like stars and overview of statistical results
Alexandre Emsenhuber, Christoph Mordasini, Remo Burn +3
We want to understand global observable consequences of different physical processes and initial properties on the demographics of the planetary population. We use the Generation I…
The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS). I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems
Alexandre Emsenhuber, Christoph Mordasini, Remo Burn +3
Aims. Comparing theoretical models with observations allows one to make key step forward towards an understanding of planetary systems. It however requires a model able to (i) pred…
Investigating Asteroid Surface Geophysics with an Ultra-Low-Gravity Centrifuge in Low-Earth Orbit
Stephen R. Schwartz, Jekan Thangavelautham, Erik Asphaug +3
Near-Earth small-body mission targets 162173 Ryugu, 101955 Bennu, and 25143 Itokawa produce gravity fields around 4 orders of magnitude below that of Earth and their irregular shap…