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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Capture of Irregular Satellites during Planetary Encounters

   Nesvorný, Vokrouhlický and Morbidelli · The Astronomical Journal · 2007

   The authors propose that irregular moons were captured from the planetesimal disk during close encounters between the outer planets, and test this with numerical simulations.

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   1. UncheckedSimulations suggest planetesimals can be flung into orbit around planets during planet–planet encounters, enough to form Saturn's, Uranus's and Neptune's irregular moons.“Through a series of numerical simulations we show that nearby planetesimals can be deflected into planet-bound orbits during close encounters between planets, and that the overall efficiency of this capture process is large enough to produce populations of observed irregular satellites at Saturn, U…”
   2. UncheckedThe paper finds that the irregular moons' original size distribution must have changed substantially through collisions to give the populations seen today.“Moreover, we find that the original size-frequency distribution of the irregular moons must have significantly evolved by collisions to produce their present populations.”