The Coorbital Hypothesis
Abstract
Voyager I and II have revealed the existence of 1980S1 and 1980S3 in the same orbit that add to the discovery of the Lagrange satellite 1980S6 for Dione and 1980S13 - 1980S25 for Thetys as a replica to the Trojan planets in the Jupiter orbit. These bodies may issue from the rupture of a primitive gaseous ring through a disturbance. The Lagrange figures keep stable while the rest of the objects drift in near paths and interact at each transit so as to form a gradual binary. The Moon - Earth system may have a such origin.
- Publication:
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Terrestrial Planets: Comparative Planetology
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985LPICo.569...21A
- Keywords:
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- Earth-Moon System;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Jupiter Satellites;
- Planetary Orbits;
- Jupiter Rings;
- Three Body Problem;
- Trojan Orbits;
- Voyager 1 Spacecraft;
- Voyager 2 Spacecraft;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration