Selected Publications: Robin M. Canup

Downloadable reprints and preprints:

• Alex N. Halliday, Canup, R. M. 2022. The accretion of planet Earth . Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
• Rufu, R., Canup, R. M. 2022. Coaccretion + Giant-impact Origin of the Uranus System: Tilting Impact . The Astrophysical Journal .
• Salmon, J., Canup, R. M. 2022. Co-accretion + Giant Impact Origin of the Uranus System: Post-impact Evolution . The Astrophysical Journal .
• Canup, R. M., Righter, K., Dauphas, N., Pahlevan, K., Cuk, M., Lock, S. J., Stewart, S. T., Salmon, J., Rufu, R., Nakajima, M., Magna, T. 2021. Origin of the Moon . Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry.
• Canup, R. M., Kratter, K.M., and Neveu, M. 2020. On the Origin of the Pluto System . .
• Rufu, R. and Canup, R. M. 2020. Tidal Evolution of the Evection Resonance/Quasi-Resonance and the Angular Momentum of the Earth-Moon System . JGR Planets .
• Ward, W. R., Canup, R. M. and Rufu, R. 2020. Analytical Model for the Tidal Evolution of the Evection Resonance and the Timing of Resonance Escape . JGR Planets.
• Marchi, S., Walker, R. J., and Canup, R. M. 2020. A compositionally heterogeneous martian mantle due to late accretion. . Science Advances.
• Canup, R. M. 2019. Lunar Origin By Giant Impact: An Evolving Legacy of Apollo. . 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Neveu, M., Canup, R. M., and Kratter, K. M. 2019. On the Origin of the Pluto System . Pluto System After New Horizons 2019 .
• Rufu, R. and Canup, R. M. 2019. Evection Resonance in the Earth-Moon System . 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2019. HydroSyMBA: A 1D Hydrocode Coupled with an N-body Symplectic Integrator . Astrophysical Journal .
• Canup, R. M. and Salmon, J. 2018. Origin of Phobos and Deimos by the impact of a Vesta-to-Ceres sized body with Mars . Science Advances .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2018. Disk Accretion Efficiency in a Multiple-Impact Lunar Origin Scenario . 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Marchi, S., Walker, R.J., and Canup, R. M. 2018. The Role of Large Collisions in Forming Early Compositional Heterogeneities on Mars . Bombardment: Shaping Planetary Surfaces and Their Environments 2018 .
• Marchi, S., Canup, R. M., and Walker, R. J. 2018. Heterogeneous delivery of silicate and metal to the Earth by large planetesimals. . Nature Geoscience.
• Dauphas, N., Meheut, M., Blanchard, M., Zeng, H., Galli, G., Canup, R. M., Vissceher, C. and Nie, N. 2018. Can Lunar Formation Theories be Tested With K Isotopes? . 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018 .
• Canup, R. M., Marchi, S., and Walker, R. J. 2017. The Fate Of Impactor Cores In Large Terrestrial Collisions. . Lunar and Planetary Science XLVIII .
• Bottke, W. F., Nesvorny, D., Marchi, S., Levison, H. and Canup, R. M. 2017. Exploring Planet Migration and Early Solar System Bombardment . Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop 2017 .
• Nakajima, M. and Canup, R. M. 2017. Origin of the Martian Moons and Their Water Abundances . Lunar and Planetary Science XLVIII .
• Rufu, R. and Canup, R. M. 2017. Tritonʼs Evolution with a Primordial Neptunian Satellite System . Astronomical Journal .
• Righter, K., Canup, R. M., Dauphas, N. and Magna, T. 2017. Impact Origin of the Moon: New Data, New Models, and New Challenges . New Views of the Moon 2 - Europe 2017 .
• Salmon, J. and Canup R. M. 2017. Accretion of Saturn’s Inner Mid-sized Moons from a Massive Primordial Ice Ring . Astrophysical Journal .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2017a. Accretion of Mid-Sized Ice-Rich Moons From Expansion of a Primordial Massive Saturnian Ring . Lunar and Planetary Science XLVIII .
• Canup, R. M. and Salmon, J. 2016. On An Origin Of Phobos-Deimos By Giant Impact . 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Righter, K. and Canup, R. M. 2016. Testing and Resilience of the Impact Origin of the Moon . New Views of the Moon 2 .
• Canup, R. M. 2015. Planetary science: The Moon's tilt for gold . Nature .
• Canup, R. M., Visscher, C., Salmon, J., and Fegley Jr, B. 2015. Lunar volatile depletion due to incomplete accretion within an impact-generated disk . Nature Geoscience .
• Canup, R. M., Visscher, C., Salmon, J., and Fegley Jr, B. 2015a. Protolunar disk evolution and the depletion of volatile elements in the Moon . 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Peale, S. and Canup, R. M. 2015. The Origin of the Natural Satellites . Treatise on Geophysics .
• Canup, R. M. 2014. Lunar-forming impacts: processes and alternatives . Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2014. Accretion of the Moon from non-canonical discs . Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2014a. Lunar Accretion From Disks Produced by Non-Canonical Impacts . 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Canup, R. M., Barr, A. C. and Crawford, D. 2013. Lunar-forming impacts: High-resolution SPH and AMR-CTH simulations . Icarus.
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2013. The Evection Resonance and the Angular Momentum of the Earth-Moon System . 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Canup, R. M. 2012. Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact . Science.
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2012. Lunar accretion from a Roche-interior fluid disk . Astrophysical Journal .
• Salmon, J. and Canup, R. M. 2012a. Three-stage lunar accretion: Slow Growth of the Moon and Implications for Earth-Moon Isotopic Similarities . 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Salmon, J., and Canup, R. M. 2012b. How Much Earth-Like Material Could the Moon Accrete? . Early Solar System Impact Bombardment II .
• Canup, R. M. 2011. On a giant impact origin of Charon, Nix and Hydra . Astronomical Journal.
• Canup, R. M. 2011a. Conditions in an Infall-Supplied Protoplanetary Disk . 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Canup, R. M. 2010. Origin of Saturn’s rings and inner moons by mass removal from a lost Titan-sized satellite . Nature.
• Canup, R. M. and Barr, A. C. 2010. Modeling Moon-Forming Impacts: High-Resolution SPH and CTH Simulations . 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Barr, A. C. and Canup, R. M. 2010. Origin of the Ganymede–Callisto dichotomy by impacts during the late heavy bombardment . Nature Geoscience.
• Barr, A. C., Citron, R. I., and Canup, R. M. 2010. Origin of a partially differentiated Titan . Icarus .
• Citron, R. I., Barr, A. C., and Canup, R. M. 2010. Formation and Early Evolution of an Undifferentiated Titan . 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2010. Circumplanetary Disk Formation . The Astronomical Journal .
• Canup, R. M. 2008. Lunar-forming collisions with pre-impact rotation . Icarus.
• Canup, R. M. 2008a. Implications of Lunar Origin Via Giant Impact For the Moon's Composition and the Thermal State of the Protoearth . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX .
• Canup, R. M. 2008b. Accretion of the Earth . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A .
• Barr, A. C. and Canup, R. M. 2008. Constraints on gas giant satellite formation from the interior states of partially differentiated satellites . Icarus.
• Canup, R. M. 2007. Moon-Forming Impacts Involving Pre-Impact Spin . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII .
• Canup, R. M. and Ward, W. R. 2006. A common mass scaling for satellite systems of gaseous planets . Nature.
• Canup, R. M. and Pierazzo, E. 2006. Retention of Water During Planet-Scale Collisions . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2006a. Forced Resonant Migration of Pluto's Outer Satellites by Charon . Science .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2006b. The Obliquity of Jupiter . The Astrophysical Journal .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2006c. Tidal Interaction Between a Planet and a Circumplanetary Disk . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII .
• Canup, R. M. 2005. A Giant Impact Origin of Pluto-Charon. Science.
• Canup, R. M. 2004a. Simulations of a late lunar-forming impact . Icarus.
• Canup, R. M. 2004b. Dynamics of lunar formation . Ann. Revs. Astron. Astrophys.
• Canup, R. M. 2004c. Special Issue: Origin of Terrestrial Planets and the Earth-Moon System . American Institute of Physics .
• Canup, R. M. and Asphaug, E.2003. On an impact origin of Pluto-Charon . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV .
• Canup, R. M. and Ward, W. R. 2002. Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion. Astronomical Journal.
• Canup, R. M., Asphaug, E., Pierazzo, E., and Melosh, H. J. 2002. Simulations of Moon-Forming Impacts . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII .
• Ward, W. R., Agnor, C. B., and Canup, R. M. 2002. Obliquity Variations in Planetary Systems . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII .
• Canup, R. M. and Asphaug, E. 2001. Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation . Letters to Nature .
• Canup, R. M. and Asphaug, E. 2001a. Outcomes of Planet-Scale Collisions . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII .
• Canup, R. M., Ward, W. R. and Cameron, A. G. W. 2001. A Scaling Relationship for Satellite-Forming Impacts . Icarus .
• Levison, H. F., Dones, L., Agnor, C., Canup, R. M., and Duncan, M. J. 2001. The Role of Giant Planets in Terrestrial Planet Formation . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII .
• Canup, R. M. and Ward, W. R. 2000. A Hybrid Fluid/N-Body Model For Lunar Accretion . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2000. Origin of the Moon's orbital inclination from resonant disk interactions . Letters to Nature .
• Ward, W. R. and Canup, R. M. 2000a. Satellite Recoil From a Circumplanetary Disk . Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI .
• Canup, R. M., Levison, H. F., and Stewart, G. R. 1999. Evolution of a terrestrial multiple moon system. Astronomical Journal.
• Agnor, C. B., Canup, R. M., and Levison, H. F. 1999. The Impact Phase of Terrestrial Planet Accretion: Implications for Lunar Origin . Lunar and Planetary Science XXX .
• Stern, S. A., Canup, R. M., and Durda, D. D. 1999. Pluto's Family: Debris From the Binary-Forming Collision in the 2:3 Resonance? . Lunar and Planetary Science XXX .
• Canup, R. M., Levison, H. F., and Stewart, G. R. 1998. Stability of a Terrestrial Multiple Moon System . Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX .
• Cameron, A. G. W. and Canup, R. M. 1998. The Giant Impact Occurred During Earth Accretion . Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX .
• Canup, R. M. and Esposito, L. W. 1997. Evolution of the G Ring and the Population of Macroscopic Ring Particles . Icarus .
• Ida, S., Canup, R. M., and Stewart, G. R. 1997. Lunar accretion from an impact-generated disk . Nature .
• Canup, R. M. and Esposito, L. W. 1996. Accretion of the Moon from an Impact-Generated Disk . Icarus .
• Canup, R. M. and Esposito, L. W. 1995. Accretion in the Roche Zone: Coexistence of Rings and Ringmoons . Icarus .
• Canup, R. M., Colwell, J. E. and Horanyi, M. 1993. Size Distributions of Satellite Dust Ejecta: Effects of Radiation Pressure and Planetary Oblateness . Icarus .