Making other Earths: Simulations of Terrestrial Planet Formation and Water Delivery

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May 2004

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American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting #35, #05.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.855

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present results from simulations of late stage planetary accretion, focusing on the delivery of volatiles (primarily water) to the terrestrial planets. Our simulations include both planetary ``embryos'' (defined as Moon to Mars sized protoplanets) and planetesimals, assuming that the embryos formed via oligarchic growth. We investigate volatile delivery as a function of Jupiter's mass, position and eccentricity, the position of the snow line, and the density (in solids) of the solar nebula.
In all simulations, we form 1-4 terrestrial planets inside 2 AU, which vary in mass and volatile content. In over 90% of the simulations we form a terrestrial planet between 0.8 and 1.5 AU, and in roughly one quarter of our simulations we form a potentially habitable planet between 0.9 and 1.1 AU. These planets range from dry worlds to ``water worlds'' with 100+ oceans of water (1 ocean = 1.5 x 1024 g), and vary in mass between 0.23 and 3.85 earth masses
We find that an eccentric Jupiter produces drier terrestrial planets with higher eccentricities than a circular one. In cases with Jupiter at 7 AU, we form what we call ``super embryos,'' 1-2 earth mass protoplanets which can serve as the accretion seeds for 2+ earth mass planets with large water contents.

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