Simon J. Lock
California Institute of Technology
40 Papers
241 Citations
Simon J. Lock is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Terrestrial planet & Planet. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 40 publications. Previous affiliations of Simon J. Lock include Harvard University.
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Papers
The origin of the Moon within a terrestrial synestia
Simon J. Lock,Sarah T. Stewart,Michail I. Petaev,Zoë M. Leinhardt,M. Mace,Stein B. Jacobsen,Matija Ćuk +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a new Moon origin model based on the giant impact hypothesis, which can create a post-impact structure that exceeds the corotation limit (CoRoL), defining the hottest thermal state and angular momentum possible for a corotating body.
The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia
Simon J. Lock,Sarah T. Stewart,Michail I. Petaev,Zoë M. Leinhardt,M. Mace,Stein B. Jacobsen,Matija Ćuk +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a new Moon origin model based on the giant impact hypothesis, which can create a post-impact structure that exceeds the corotation limit (CoRoL), defining the hottest thermal state and angular momentum possible for a corotating body.
The structure of terrestrial bodies: Impact heating, corotation limits, and synestias
Simon J. Lock,Sarah T. Stewart +1 more
TL;DR: The Highly Eccentric Rotating Concentric U (potential) Layers Equilibrium Structure (HERCULES) code as mentioned in this paper solves for the equilibrium structure of planets as a series of overlapping constant-density spheroids.
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The structure of terrestrial bodies: Impact heating, corotation limits and synestias
Simon J. Lock,Sarah T. Stewart +1 more
TL;DR: The HERCULES algorithm as mentioned in this paper solves for the equilibrium structure of planets as a series of overlapping constant-density spheroids, which can be used to model the formation and evolution of rocky exoplanets.
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Long-term Earth-Moon evolution with high-level orbit and ocean tide models
Houraa Daher,Houraa Daher,Brian K. Arbic,James G. Williams,Joseph K. Ansong,Joseph K. Ansong,Dale H. Boggs,Malte Müller,Michael Schindelegger,Jacqueline Austermann,Jacqueline Austermann,Bruce D. Cornuelle,Eliana B. Crawford,Eliana B. Crawford,Oliver B. Fringer,H. C. P. Lau,H. C. P. Lau,Simon J. Lock,Adam C. Maloof,Dimitris Menemenlis,Jerry X. Mitrovica,J. A. Mattias Green,Matthew Huber +22 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Houraa Daher et al. integrated the Earth-Moon system backwards for 4.5 Ga with orbital dynamics and explicit ocean tide models that are "high-level" (i.e., not idealized).
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