Triton's gravitational capture Options

[jasedm]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of a computer simulation (video) of Triton's theorised gravitational capture into Neptune orbit via one half of a proposed binary KBO (where the other member of the binary pair is ejected)?

I've searched the internet and can only find a couple of Youtube videos which are not particularly detailed.

Any help much appreciated.

Jase

[scalbers]

Unsure about a video though here is an artists rendition that is based on one of my Triton maps. This was written about by Craig Agnor in Nature.

https://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/05-15/triton.asp

[HSchirmer]

I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of a computer simulation (video) of Triton's theorised gravitational capture into Neptune orbit via one half of a proposed binary KBO

IIRC, recent paper and modelling of ice giant moons formation suggests that Triton was a lone KBO.
Triton would have been captured by Nepute based on a statistically average contingent of moons around Neptune.

[jasedm]

Thank you both for replies, it seems that Triton's capture is not in dispute, but the exact mechanism is