Giant impacts in the Saturnian system: A possible origin of diversity in the inner mid-sized satellites

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 63-64, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-138

  Sekine, Yasuhito ^a   Genda, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Giant impact; Icy satellites; Satellite formation; Saturnian system

Indexed keywords

DISK MODEL; ENCELADUS; ESCAPE VELOCITIES; GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; GIANT IMPACT; ICY SATELLITES; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT VELOCITIES; INNER REGION; ROCK FRACTIONS; SATELLITE FORMATION; SATURNIAN SYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; TIDAL DISSIPATION;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ROCKS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84858076658     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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