On The Satellite Capture Problem
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- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 173 (3) , 579-584
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/173.3.579
Abstract
The possibility that the outer satellites of Jupiter were permanently captured is discussed. The various proposed capture mechanisms are examined briefly, and their shortcomings discussed. It is suggested that all the observed aspects of the outer satellites can be accounted for if the mass of Jupiter, at some time in the past, increased by about 130 earth masses, on a time scale of the order of one sidereal period of Jupiter.Keywords
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