Decay of galaxy satellite orbits by dynamical friction

DOI10.1093/MNRAS/224.2.349zbMATH Open0611.70012OpenAlexW2021975069MaRDI QIDQ3751062FDOQ3751062

Authors: Tj. R. Bontekoe, T. S. van Albada 

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/224.2.349

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zbMATH Keywords

particle distributionthree-dimensional modellocal processdynamical frictionChandrasekhar's formuladecay of the orbitgalaxy's mass distributionglobal responseslarge galaxysatellite galaxystreaming motions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08)

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