How Important is Rotational Fission in the Trans-Neptunian Region?

Bibcode
2011LPI....42.2825O
Ortiz, J. L.; Campo Bagatin, A.; Thirouin, A.; Duffard, R.; Licandro, J.; Richardson, D. C.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Morales, N.; Benavide, P. G.
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42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7–11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1608, p.2825

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2011
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9
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0
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We introduce the idea that rotational fission is a possible mechanism in the formation of systems of large TNOs: binary systems, complex systems (Haumea), and TNO pairs. We also present N-body simulations of rotational fission.
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Non-refereed

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