The escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus

Details The escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus The escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus

Dec 1978

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Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 59, no. 2, Dec. 1978, p. 499-501.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Celestial Mechanics, Mercury (Planet), Natural Satellites, Planetary Orbits, Venus (Planet), Apsides, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Rotation, Solar Gravitation

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Kumar's (1977) suggestion that the slow rotations of Mercury and Venus are in part due to natural satellites that subsequently escaped is discussed. A more useful criterion for the escape of such satellites than that previously proposed is derived, and it is shown that this distance is sufficiently small for Mercury and Venus to make the escape of satellites a likely possibility.

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