Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aps..tsf.b3004n&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, Texas Section Fall Meeting, 7-9 October, 2004, Waco, TX. MEETING ID: TSF04, abstract #B3.004
Physics
Scientific paper
Recent observations show that binary Kuiper Belt objects exist contrary to most theoretical expectations. Although their creation presents problems in current models, the inclusion of a third body (ex. one of the outer planets or a forming protoplanet) often provides several of the necessary conditions for the formation of such objects. The presence of a perturbing body can also provide clearing of the primordial Kuiper Belt while producing more stable, longer-lived binary Kuiper belt objects. In this work, a fifth order Runge-Kutta algorithm is employed to examine the situation described. It is shown that the interparticle gravitational interaction creates one of several effects; scattering into the Oort cloud, collisions with nearby growing protoplanets, formation of binary pairs, or creation of a single Kuiper belt object. Additionally, it is seen that the initial location of the progenitors of the Kuiper belt objects can also have a significant effect on binary formation with objects near resonances tending not to form binary objects.
Hyde Truell
Nazzario Ray
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