Formation of the satellites

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Apr 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.338....9c&link_type=abstract

In ESA, Symposium on Titan p 9-17 (SEE N92-32348 23-91)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Accretion Disks, Gas Giant Planets, Natural Satellites, Planetary Evolution, Planetology, Solar System, Astronomical Models, Planetary Structure, Protoplanets

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The relation between the formation of the regular satellite system around giant planets, and the formation of the central planet is discussed. Some characteristics of regular satellites systems are quite similar, and suggest a common origin in an accretion disk present around the central body. The origin of this disk is described with attention being given to the so called 'disk phase', the disk phase links the formation of the primary body to that of satellites. The subsequent stages of the disk evolution can lead first to the formation of intermediate size bodies, and further, through the collisional evolution of these bodies, to the birth of satellite 'embryos' capable of gravitationally capturing smaller bodies. The predictivity of this scheme in explaining the characteristics of different satellite systems is reviewed.

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