Amphitrite: A Twist on Triton's Capture

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Mar 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010lpi....41.2625d&link_type=abstract

41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.2625

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We propose Triton was captured by Neptune while it orbited a 2 M_Earth
planet, Amphitrite, that then collided with either Neptune or Uranus. We
present relevant dynamical calculations and discuss observational
consequences for Uranus and Neptune.

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