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3 claims from 1 paper

  1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

    Capture of Trojans by Jumping Jupiter

    Nesvorný, Vokrouhlický and Morbidelli · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2013

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    1. Unchecked“We find that the capture probability is (6-8)x10^-7 for each particle in the original transplanetary disk, implying that the disk contained (3-4)x10^7 planetesimals with absolute magnitude H<9 (corresponding to diameter D=80 km for a 7% albedo).”
    2. Unchecked“The jump capture is potentially capable of explaining the observed asymmetry in the number of leading and trailing Trojans.”
    3. Unchecked“The disk mass inferred from this work, M_disk=14-28 M_Earth, is consistent with the mass deduced from recent dynamical simulations of the planetary instability.”

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