Forming Binary Near-Earth Asteroids From Tidal Disruptions
Forming Binary Near-Earth Asteroids From Tidal Disruptions
Forming Binary Near-Earth Asteroids From Tidal Disruptions
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Figure 2.6: (a) Satellite eccentricity and (b) semi-major axis (in terms of primary radii,R pri ) distributions for binaries formed by tidal disruption. (c) Inclination of the orbit withrespect to the encounter orbital plane, i = cos −1 ((L bin L enc )/(|L bin ||L enc |)). (d) Anglebetween the progenitor’s spin axis, ω pro , and the binary angular momentum, L bin .38