Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aps..osf.e1007f&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, Ohio Section Fall Meeting in conjunction with , abstract #E1.007
Physics
Scientific paper
The theory of the formation of satellite systems of giant planets suggests that regular moons formed as a scaled-down version of the Solar System. Both Jupiter and Saturn have a set of regular moons, but the two groups of satellite systems are not similar. Models for the formation of Uranus and Neptune suggest that it is possible that the two outer gas giants formed between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn and then were gravitationally perturbed out beyond Saturn. After the ejection of these bodies, it is postulated that the mass present in the region, remnants of which are the present day Kuiper belt, was able to circularize the orbits of Neptune and Uranus through dynamical friction. The perturbations caused by Uranus and Neptune passing through forming satellites is speculated to cause the differences found in the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Using the three dimensional HITS (Hermite Individual Timestep) algorithm, simulations were performed to expand upon various aspects of this new theory.
Alexander S. G.
Fuse Christopher
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