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hal.structure.identifierECLIPSE 2018
dc.contributor.authorRAYMOND, Sean N.
dc.contributor.authorARMITAGE, Philip J.
dc.contributor.authorVERAS, Dimitri
dc.contributor.authorQUINTANA, Elisa V.
dc.contributor.authorBARCLAY, Thomas
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.description.abstractEn'Oumuamua, the first bona-fide interstellar planetesimal, was discovered passing through our Solar System on a hyperbolic orbit. This object was likely dynamically ejected from an extrasolar planetary system after a series of close encounters with gas giant planets. To account for 'Oumuamua's detection, simple arguments suggest that ~1 Earth-mass of planetesimals are ejected per Solar mass of Galactic stars. However, that value assumes mono-sized planetesimals. If the planetesimal mass distribution is instead top-heavy the inferred mass in interstellar planetesimals increases to an implausibly high value. The tension between theoretical expectations for the planetesimal mass function and the observation of 'Oumuamua can be relieved if a small fraction (~1%) of planetesimals are tidally disrupted on the pathway to ejection into 'Oumuamua-sized fragments. Using a large suite of simulations of giant planet dynamics including planetesimals, we confirm that roughly 1% of planetesimals pass within the tidal disruption radius of a gas giant on their pathway to ejection. 'Oumuamua may thus represent a surviving fragment of a disrupted planetesimal. Finally, we argue that an asteroidal composition is dynamically disfavoured for 'Oumuamua, as asteroidal planetesimals are both less abundant and ejected at a lower efficiency than cometary planetesimals.
dc.description.sponsorshipModélisation du processus de croissance des planètes Joviennes/ - ANR-13-BS05-0003
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
dc.subject.enAstrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
dc.subject.enAstrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
dc.title.enImplications of the interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua for planetary dynamics and planetesimal formation
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/sty468
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.identifier.arxiv1711.09599
bordeaux.journalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
bordeaux.page3031-3038
bordeaux.volume476
bordeaux.issue3
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01652165
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01652165v1
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