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The internal structure of Eris inferred from its spin and orbit evolution

The large Kuiper Belt object Eris is tidally locked to its small companion Dysnomia. Recently obtained bounds on the mass of Dysnomia demonstrate that Eris must be unexpectedly dissipative for it to have despun over the age of the solar system. Here, we show that Eris must have differentiated into a...

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Autores principales: Nimmo, Francis, Brown, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10651115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37967188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9201