Water transport and water loss by collisions during planet formation

Autor(en)
Thomas Maindl, Christoph Schäfer, Nader Haghighipour, David Bancelin, Christoph Burger, Rudolf Dvorak
Abstrakt

We present results of collision simulations pertaining to water loss covering body masses ranging from a small planetary embryo to the mass of Earth. We find that for most realistic combinations of object masses, collision velocities, and impact angles a considerable amount of water is lost, which may significantly change the water inventory of formed terrestrial planets. Also, there is indication that beyond the 'usual' parameters characterizing a collision (velocity expressed in units of the mutual escape velocity and impact angle), water loss depends on factors like absolute mass, the projectile-target mass ratio, and to a certain extent the water distribution inside the objects.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, University of Hawaii
Publikationsdatum
09-2017
ÖFOS 2012
103004 Astrophysik, 103003 Astronomie
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/e20c82b6-32ca-4af0-b40f-0b2a01b2cc71