Impact Formation
- For expected velocities, a mass ratio of 0.25 will give
the right angular momentum, range for ratios are between 0.2
and 1
- The angular momentum is high enough to reset Pluto's spin
- Such an impact could stabilize Pluto's orbit,
although the odds are somewhat small.
 
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John Weiss
Last modified: Tue Apr 17 09:03:43 MDT 2001