THE SURVIVAL RATE OF EJECTED TERRESTRIAL PLANETS WITH MOONS
@article{Debes2007THESR, title={THE SURVIVAL RATE OF EJECTED TERRESTRIAL PLANETS WITH MOONS}, author={John H. Debes and Steinn Sigurdsson}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2007}, volume={668} }
During planet formation, a gas giant will interact with smaller protoplanets that stray within its sphere of gravitational influence. We investigate the outcome of interactions between gas giants and terrestrial-sized protoplanets with lunar-sized companions. An interaction between a giant planet and a protoplanet binary may have one of several consequences, including the delivery of volatiles to the inner system, the capture of retrograde moons by the giant planet, and the ejection of one or…
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