Abstract
It is suggested that the slow rotations of Mercury and Venus may be connected with the absence of natural satellites around them. If Mercury or Venus possessed a satellite at the time of formation, the tidal evolution would have caused the satellite to recede. At a sufficiently large distance from the planet, the Sun's gravitational influence makes the satellite orbit unstable. The natural satellites of Mercury and Venus might have escaped as a consequence of this instability.
Kumar, S S
[1]
- Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA)
Citation Formats
Kumar, S S.
Escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus.
Netherlands: N. p.,
1977.
Web.
doi:10.1007/BF00642476.
Kumar, S S.
Escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus.
Netherlands.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642476
Kumar, S S.
1977.
"Escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus."
Netherlands.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642476.
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abstractNote = {It is suggested that the slow rotations of Mercury and Venus may be connected with the absence of natural satellites around them. If Mercury or Venus possessed a satellite at the time of formation, the tidal evolution would have caused the satellite to recede. At a sufficiently large distance from the planet, the Sun's gravitational influence makes the satellite orbit unstable. The natural satellites of Mercury and Venus might have escaped as a consequence of this instability.}
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title = {Escape of natural satellites from Mercury and Venus}
author = {Kumar, S S}
abstractNote = {It is suggested that the slow rotations of Mercury and Venus may be connected with the absence of natural satellites around them. If Mercury or Venus possessed a satellite at the time of formation, the tidal evolution would have caused the satellite to recede. At a sufficiently large distance from the planet, the Sun's gravitational influence makes the satellite orbit unstable. The natural satellites of Mercury and Venus might have escaped as a consequence of this instability.}
doi = {10.1007/BF00642476}
journal = []
volume = {51:1}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1977}
month = {Sep}
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