Modification of a proto-lunar disk by hydrodynamic escape of silicate vapor

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Jan 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003ep%26s...55...53g&link_type=abstract

Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 55, p. 53-57.

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We have estimated a criterion for escape of silicate vapor from the disk formed by a giant impact. Escape from the disk affects the mass distribution and specific angular momentum of the disk. We applied the results to the disk formed by the Moon-forming impact. In the case of a hot (>6000 K) and highly vaporized (>63%) disk, the material outside of the Roche radius escapes. This indicates that the formation of the Moon is influenced by the thermal state of the disk just after the giant impact.

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