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马铃薯半径:矮行星的最小尺寸

The Potato Radius: a Lower Minimum Size for Dwarf Planets

Charles H. Lineweaver, Marc Norman

摘要:

引力和电子力在宇宙中物体的质量和形状之间产生相关性。例如,在平均半径约200公里- 300公里处,我们太阳系的冰卫星和岩石小行星从圆形马铃薯形状过渡到球形。我们从第一性原理推导出这个土豆到球体的过渡半径--或“土豆半径”。使用经验的土豆半径的小行星和冰冷的卫星,我们推导出这些机构的屈服强度的约束,在其形成的岁月,当它们的形状被确定。我们提出的冰卫星的马铃薯半径约为200公里,这将大大增加被归类为矮行星的海王星外天体的数量。

英文摘要:

Gravitational and electronic forces produce a correlation between the mass and shape of objects in the universe. For example, at an average radius of ~ 200 km - 300 km, the icy moons and rocky asteroids of our Solar System transition from a rounded potato shape to a sphere. We derive this potato-to-sphere transition radius -- or "potato radius" -- from first principles. Using the empirical potato radii of asteroids and icy moons, we derive a constraint on the yield strength of these bodies during their formative years when their shapes were determined. Our proposed ~ 200 km potato radius for icy moons would substantially increase the number of trans-Neptunian objects classified as dwarf planets.

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