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High-resolution Study of Planetesimal Formation by Gravitational Collapse of Pebble Clouds [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Planetary embryos are built through the collisional growth of 10–100 km-sized objects called planetesimals, a formerly large population of objects, of which asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects represent the leftovers from planet formation in our ...
Brooke Polak, Hubert Klahr
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Kozai effect on planetesimal accretion in highly inclined binaries [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2011 Planet formation in highly inclined binaries is a complex issue. The Kozai mechanism plays an important role in this situation, since it will lead to high eccentricity and high relative impact velocity of planetesimals, thus hinder the planetesimal ...
Zhou J.-L., Lin D.N.C., Zhao G.
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The Astrophysical JournalContinuing our initiative on advancing the calculations of planetesimal accretion in the core-accretion model, we present here the results of our recent study of the contributions of planetesimals around and beyond the orbit of Saturn.
Nader Haghighipour +2 more
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Possible Ribose Synthesis in Carbonaceous Planetesimals [PDF]
Life, 2022 The origin of life might be sparked by the polymerization of the first RNA molecules in Darwinian ponds during wet-dry cycles. The key life-building block ribose was found in carbonaceous chondrites.
Klaus Paschek +7 more
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Low strength and a shared size distribution connect the hot and cold Kuiper belt populations [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsUnderstanding how the observed size distribution of Kuiper Belt objects emerged from the primordial planetesimal population remains a major challenge in planetary science.
P. G. Benavidez +3 more
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Recurrent planetesimal formation in an outer part of the early solar system [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe formation of planets in our solar system encompassed various stages of accretion of planetesimals that formed in the protoplanetary disk within the first few million years at different distances to the sun.
Wladimir Neumann +3 more
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Chondrule formation by collisions of planetesimals containing volatiles triggered by Jupiter’s formation [PDF]
Scientific ReportsChondrules are spherical or subspherical particles of crystallized or partially crystallized liquid silicates that constitute large-volume fractions of most chondritic meteorites.
Sin-iti Sirono, Diego Turrini
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 We investigate the orbital evolution of planetesimals in the inner disk in the presence of nebula gas and a (proto-) cold Jupiter. By varying the mass, eccentricity, and semimajor axis of the planet, we study the dependence of the relative velocities of ...
Kangrou Guo, Eiichiro Kokubo
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Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating Snowline
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Isotopic studies of meteorites suggest that planetesimals were formed as two distinct populations: noncarbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (CC) reservoirs.
Zhongtian Zhang
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Planetesimal Growth in Evolving Protoplanetary Disks: Constraints from the Pebble Supply
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 In the core accretion model, planetesimals grow by mutual collisions and engulfing millimeter-to-centimeter particles, i.e., pebbles. Pebble accretion can significantly increase the accretion efficiency and help explain the presence of planets on wide ...
Tong Fang +4 more
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