The origin of the moon and the single impact hypothesis. IV

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Aug 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...92..204c&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 92, Aug. 1991, p. 204-216. Research supported by SNSF.

Physics

95

Earth-Moon System, Lunar Evolution, Planetary Evolution, Protoplanets, Accretion Disks, Angular Momentum, Earth Atmosphere, Planetary Atmospheres

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The smoothed-particle hydrodynamics method developed to simulate the conditions under which a major planetary collision may have led to the formation of the moon is presently used in 41 simulations exploring the relevant parameter space. Two possible scenarios emerge: one in which the moon is formed directly in the collision or only after dissipation and evolution of the disk. Attention is given to the Giant Blowoff hypothesis, in which not only the primitive atmosphere but large amounts of mantle material flow over the surface of the orbiting disk and blow off in the forward direction. Large amounts of angular momentum can also be lost.

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