• Title of article

    On the Origin of Binary Transneptunian Objects

  • Author/Authors

    F. and Weidenschilling، نويسنده , , S.J.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    212
  • To page
    215
  • Abstract
    The observed transneptunian binaries, with components of comparable mass and large separations, cannot be the result of collisions in the present dynamical environment of the Kuiper belt. They could be produced by collision of two planetesimals within the sphere of influence of a third body during low-velocity accretion in the solar nebula. Thus, they are primordial.
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Record number

    2372217