Fig. 4: Disk structure formed by an impact between rocky planets (MT = 5M⊕, γ = 0.13, θ = 48. 5∘, vimp = vesc, and Run ID6). | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Disk structure formed by an impact between rocky planets (MT = 5M⊕, γ = 0.13, θ = 48. 5∘, vimp = vesc, and Run ID6).

From: Large planets may not form fractionally large moons

Fig. 4

All of these models have the same angular momenta and disk masses. The panels show (a) the surface density, (b) temperature, (c) vapor mass fraction, and (d) pressure gradient parameter η as a function of the radial distance from the planet r normalized by the Earth radius R⊕. The dotted line represents the direct outcome from the SPH simulation. The sky-blue line represents an exponential model and the green line represents a polynomial disk model. The planetary radius is 1.74 R⊕.

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