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Forming short-period earth-like planets via a collision-merger scenario

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Sheng Jin ,
Jianghui Ji  and
Chris G. Tinney
Sheng Jin
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China email: jijh@pmo.ac.cn Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China email: qingxiaojin@gmail.com
Jianghui Ji
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China email: jijh@pmo.ac.cn Department of Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
Chris G. Tinney
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
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Abstract

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We present a new formation mechanism to produce short-period Earth-like planets in the late stage of planet formation, through a collision-merger scenario. In this scenario, a planetary embryo is directly thrown into a close-in orbit after a collision with another embryo, and then the larger merged body is seized by the central star as a hot Earth-like planet.

Keywords

methods: n-body simulationscelestial mechanicsplanetary systems: formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S276: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution , October 2010 , pp. 432 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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