Evolution of MU69 from a binary planetesimal into contact by Kozai-Lidov oscillations and nebular drag

Physics & Astronomy

• protoplanets 94%
• drag 69%
• oscillations 46%
• Kuiper belt 30%
• asteroid belts 21%
• escape velocity 20%
• lobes 15%
• quadrupoles 12%
• gases 11%
• orbital velocity 10%
• solar nebula 10%
• three body problem 9%
• eccentricity 7%
• horizon 7%
• inclination 7%
• tensile strength 6%
• friction 6%
• angular momentum 6%
• occurrences 5%
• orbits 5%
• orbitals 5%
• scaling 5%
• cycles 4%
• estimates 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• planetesimal 100%
• drag 69%
• oscillation 58%
• asteroid 15%
• gas 11%
• timescale 10%
• cold 10%
• merger 9%
• angular momentum 9%
• tidal cycle 8%
• eccentricity 8%
• tensile strength 7%
• friction 5%
• speed 4%
• effect 1%