Numerical simulation of the final stages of terrestrial planet formation

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Dec 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...44..706c&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 44, Dec. 1980, p. 706-721.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Gravitational Effects, Planetary Evolution, Protoplanets, Terrestrial Planets, Deposition, Mass Distribution, Meteorite Collisions, Orbital Elements, Velocity Distribution

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Three representative numerical simulations of the growth of the terrestrial planets by accretion of large protoplanets are considered. The mass and relative-velocity distributions of the bodies are free to evolve simultaneously in response to close gravitational encounters and occasional collisions between bodies. The collisions between bodies arise therefore in a natural way and the assumption of expressions for the relative-velocity distribution and the gravitational collision cross section is unnecessary. These simulations indicate that the growth of bodies with final masses approaching those of Venus and earth is possible, at least for the case of a two-dimensional system

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