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Ejected Surface Regolith as a Potential Source Material for Centaur Rings

  • Authors: Kaustub P. Anand, David A. Minton, Julie Brisset

Kaustub P. Anand et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Semimajor axis vs. eccentricity (a versus e) plot of regolith capture of the same simulation in Figure 3. We show a landslide-like ejection from the long axis with the initial vejection = 0.2−0.5 vescape. The black dashed line is the pericenter curve q = 1 RChariklo and the gray dotted line is a = 1 RChariklo. The regolith particles are dynamically excited and bounce back and forth along the pericenter curve because of the ellipsoidal Centaur. Collisions between particles damp their energy and push them further under the pericenter curve.

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