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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

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Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide-like ejection around Chiron. Here we only show results from the velocity ranges that show significant capture for clarity. Ejection from the long axis is on the left-hand side and short axis on the right-hand side. Regolith capture around Chiron shows qualitatively similar results to Chariklo because the gravitational harmonics are similar when normalized. Simulations are parameterized by the initial vejection.

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