The angular momentum of the Pluto-Charon system - Considerations about its origin

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Oct 1991

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Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 93, Oct. 1991, p. 298-315. Research supported by Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Basicas of

Physics

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Angular Momentum, Charon, Planetary Mass, Pluto (Planet), Digital Simulation, Mass Distribution, Orbital Elements

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The present consideration of the conditions of formation for the Pluto-Charon system in the protoplanetary disk gives attention to a high angular momentum that would render this binary system rotationally unstable in the case of coalescence into a single body. The accumulation of such great angular momentum can be accounted for by the process of planetesimals' trapping in heliocentric orbit. The results of numerical simulations indicate that a significant portion of the Pluto-sized bodies achieve rotational stability.

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