Growth of large, late-stage planetesimals

Details Growth of large, late-stage planetesimals Growth of large, late-stage planetesimals

Aug 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979icar...39..141g&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 39, Aug. 1979, p. 141-150.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Earth-Moon System, Planetary Evolution, Protoplanets, Earth Environment, Planetary Mass, Venus (Planet)

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The paper discusses planetesimals which may have been produced without perturbations by Venus and changes that can be made in Wetherill's model (1976) of growth of large planetisimals. The late stage of terrestrial planets' growth determined their thermal properties and petrology, impact records, and possibly the existence of the moon. A critical result of late-stage models is the size of the largest planetesimals that grew near, and later impacted, those that became full-size planets. The relation between the size of planetesimals and their relative velocities has been misinterpreted, and some models neglect the possible decrease in relative velocity as control is transferred from the largest to the second-largest body in an accretion zone. The size of the second-largest planetesimal in the earth's zone may range from 300 to 2500 km, with corresponding accretion times of 7 times 10 to the 6th and 10 to the 8th power, respectively.

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