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Publikováno v:
Journal of geophysical research. Planets
A high-angular momentum giant impact with the Earth can produce a Moon with a silicate isotopic composition nearly identical to that of Earth’s mantle, consistent with observations of terrestrial and lunar rocks. However, such an event requires sub
Autor:
William R. Ward
Publikováno v:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 122:342-357
A model of the viscous evolution of a two-phase, vapor/melt protolunar disk is described. Droplets condense from the vapor and "rain-out", forming a stratified structure with a mid-plane magma layer surrounded by a vapor reservoir. The magma layer is
Publikováno v:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124:185-194
Nighttime visible-light sky brightness and transparency are reported for the Polar Environment Research Laboratory (PEARL), located on a 610-m high ridge near the Eureka research station, on Ellesmere Island, Canada. Photometry of Polaris obtained in
Autor:
Robin M. Canup, William R. Ward
Publikováno v:
The Astronomical Journal. 140:1168-1193
The development and evolution of a circumplanetary disk during the accretion of a giant planet is examined. The planet gains mass and angular momentum from infalling solar nebula material while simultaneously contracting due to luminosity losses. Whe
Publikováno v:
Icarus. 190:103-109
Tsiganis et al. (2005) have proposed that the current orbital architecture of the outer solar system could have been established if it was initially compact and Jupiter and Saturn crossed the 2:1 orbital resonance by divergent migration. The crossing
Autor:
Robin M. Canup, William R. Ward
Publikováno v:
The Astrophysical Journal. 640:L91-L94
The spin-axis precession period of Jupiter is near that of a fundamental Laplace-Lagrange solar system mode describing the precession of Uranus's orbit plane (~4.3 × 105 yr). As a result, a portion of the 31 obliquity of Jupiter may actually be forc
Autor:
Douglas P. Hamilton, William R. Ward
Publikováno v:
The Astronomical Journal. 128:2501-2509
The tilt of Saturn's spin axis to its orbit plane is 267, while that of Jupiter is only 31. We offer an explanation for this puzzling difference owing to gravitational perturbations of Saturn by the planet Neptune. A similarity between the precession
Autor:
William R. Ward, Hidekazu Tanaka
Publikováno v:
The Astrophysical Journal. 602:388-395
We perform linear calculations to investigate three-dimensional density waves excited by planets on elliptical and inclined orbits in isothermal protoplanetary disks. We consider small planets that have no disk gap around their orbits. Eccentricities