Formation of Extremely Elongated Bodies by Tides: Application to the Interstellar Object 1I/`Oumuamua
Abstract
There is a considerable amount of extremely elongated small bodies in the solar system and exoplanet system, as indicated by 1I/'Oumuamua. Our study shows that tidal disruption events can account for the formation of such elongated shape.
- Publication:
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Asteroid Science in the Age of Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx
- Pub Date:
- November 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019LPICo2189.2072Z