Re: Pluto-Charon Origin May Mirror that of Earth and Its Moon
From: Aidan Karley (aidan_at_mynameplus1.demon.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 01/30/05
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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:00:30 GMT
In article <1106946656.940500.149270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
> Editors: An animation of a simulation of a potential Pluto-Charon
> forming collision can be downloaded from
> http://www.swri.org/press/2005/plutocharon.htm.
>
The impact parameters shown have a noticeably larger core-core
offset ("miss distance") between impactor and primary, resulting in the
stripping of the mantle from the impactor but not the fusion of the
cores; this contrasts with the Earth-Moon model collisions.
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