Accretional capture of the moon

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Nov 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975natur.258..219c&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 258, Nov. 20, 1975, p. 219, 220. NASA-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Models, Earth-Moon System, Gravitational Effects, Lunar Orbits, Orbit Calculation, Capture Effect, Deposition, Earth (Planet), Lunar Evolution

Scientific paper

The effectiveness of accretional capture is studied with the aid of a simple model involving a small secondary body in a hyperbolic orbit which approaches a large primary body. When the separation is a minimum, the mass of the primary body increases. An investigation is conducted regarding the conditions under which this change in mass will result in an elliptic orbit with capture.

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