Lazarus
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Registration date : 2008-06-12
 | | Subject: Giant moons around super-Jovian planets 22nd October 2014, 12:38 am | |
| Heller & Pudritz "Water ice lines and the formation of giant moons around super-Jovian planets" http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5802Suggests that the water ice line can act as a migration trap for moons (though heat transitions move too fast to be efficient moon traps). Predicts a population of ~Mars-mass, water-rich moons may exist around super-Jovian planets. | |
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