Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion
@article{Canup2002FormationOT, title={Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion}, author={Robin M. Canup and William Rankin. Ward}, journal={The Astronomical Journal}, year={2002}, volume={124}, pages={3404 - 3423} }
We examine formation conditions for the Galilean satellites in the context of models of late-stage giant planet accretion and satellite-disk interactions. We first reevaluate the current standard, in which the satellites form from a "minimum mass subnebula" disk, obtained by augmenting the mass of the current satellites to solar abundance and resulting in a disk mass containing about 2% of Jupiter's mass. Conditions in such a massive and gas-rich disk are difficult to reconcile with both the…
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