The escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus

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Sep 1977

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Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 51, no. 1, Sept. 1977, p. 235-238.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Mercury (Planet), Natural Satellites, Planetary Rotation, Satellite Orbits, Venus (Planet), Gravitational Effects, Lunar Tides, Planetary Evolution, Solar Gravitation

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It is suggested that the slow rotations of Mercury and Venus may be connected with the absence of natural satellites around them. If Mercury or Venus possessed a satellite at the time of formation, the tidal evolution would have caused the satellite to recede. At a sufficiently large distance from the planet, the sun's gravitational influence makes the satellite orbit unstable. The natural satellites of Mercury and Venus might have escaped as a consequence of this instability.

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