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Solar system orbital dynamics can offer unique challenges. Impacts of interplanetary dust particles can significantly alter the surfaces of icy satellites and minor planets. Impact heating from these particles can anneal away radiation damage to the crystalline structure of surface water ice. This effect is enhanced by gravitational focusing for giant planet satellites.
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- Porter, Simon Bernard (Author)
- Desch, Steven (Thesis advisor)
- Zolotov, Mikhail (Committee member)
- Timmes, Francis (Committee member)
- Scannapieco, Evan (Committee member)
- Robinson, Mark (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2013
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-112)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Astrophysics
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by Simon Bernard Porter