Role of volatiles in a tidal disruption of ice rich bodies

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Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28.1225r&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 225.

Physics

Comets, Volatility, Ice, Roche Limit, Planetary Evolution, Energy Dissipation, Shear Layers, Tides, Evaporation, Thermal Energy

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This paper suggests a new mechanism of tidal disruption of comets and volatile-rich planetesimals passing planets within the Roche limit. I suggest that these bodies could be disrupted not only by the tidal force itself, but by the pressure released in shear layers along discontinuities associated with failures in the interior of stray bodies. The heat released in the shear layers can be sufficient for the evaporation of highly volatile materials; the resulting pressure can disrupt the comets or ice-rich planetesimals in the outer parts of the early solar system.

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