Scattering of planetesimals by a protoplanet - Slowing down of runaway growth

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Nov 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993icar..106..210i&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 106, p. 210

Computer Science

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Protoplanets, Mass Distribution, Planetary Evolution, Many Body Problem, Computerized Simulation, Scattering, Spatial Distribution, Mass Ratios

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N-body simulations are conducted to study the evolution of random velocities of planetesimals due to scattering by a protoplanet; if the protoplanet's mass is sufficiently great, the inclinations and eccentricities of planetesimals in the protoplanet's vicinity are enhanced by perturbations of the protoplanet, rather than those of the planetesimals. On the basis of the results thus obtained, a two-step growth scenario for a protoplanet is proposed in whose second stage growth gradually decreases due to eccentricity and inclination increases due to perturbations.

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