Resonant Capture of Irregular Satellites by a Protoplanet

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Mar 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004lpi....35.1771k&link_type=abstract

35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 2004, League City, Texas, abstract no.1771

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Scattering of planetesimals by a protoplanet can trap some planetesimals
in an unusual co-orbital resonance. These resonant planetesimals can
have deep encounters with the protoplanet that lead to capture by, or
impact with, the protoplanet.

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