Planetesimal Formation Through Gravitational Instability
Abstract
We reproduce the gravitational fragmentation of a dust layer by 3D local N-body simulations in order to examine the process of planetesimal formation and the mass of a planetesimal.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003LPI....34.1577F