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Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua)
Yun Zhang, Douglas N. C. Lin, 2020. Nature Astronomy.
Simulations in which volatile-rich bodies passing close to their star are torn into elongated fragments with axis ratios below 1:10, baked surfaces and buried water ice, then ejected; buried water could then give the acceleration without visible activity. Nature Astronomy 4, 852-860.
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Zhang, Y., & Lin, D. N. C. (2020). Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua). Nature Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1065-8@article{zhang2020tidal,
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ER - Zhang, Yun and Douglas N. C. Lin. “Tidal fragmentation as the origin of 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua).” Nature Astronomy (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1065-8.