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Accretional Heating

Accretional Heating is the process by which gravitational potential energy is converted into thermal energy during the successive impacts and coalescence of planetesimals in the formation of planetary bodies, contributing significantly to the internal heat budget during planetary accretion.

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2017–2026

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A<i>SPITZER</i>SURVEY OF MID-INFRARED MOLECULAR EMISSION FROM PROTOPLANETARY DISKS. II. CORRELATIONS AND LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS

The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · 215 citations · Full text

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Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions

Remco C. Hin, Christopher D. Coath, Philip J. Carter et al. · Nature · 2017 · 202 citations · Full text

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On the Snow Line in Dusty Protoplanetary Disks

The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 188 citations · Full text

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Radiative efficiency of hot accretion flows

Fu‐Guo Xie · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2012 · 185 citations · Full text

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A water budget dichotomy of rocky protoplanets from 26Al-heating

Tim Lichtenberg, Gregor Golabek, Remo Burn et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2019 · 146 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. EM
    E. M. Sion

    Villanova University, United States

    3 publications · 50 citations

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  2. PG
    Patrick Godon

    Villanova University, United States

    3 publications · 50 citations

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  3. HY
    H. Y. McSween

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    2 publications · 102 citations

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  4. FN
    F. Nimmo

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    2 publications · 234 citations

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  5. DP
    Dina Prialnik

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  1. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    341 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    223 citations

  3. Villanova University

    Radnor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    123 citations

  4. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    152 citations

  6. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    102 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    307 citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 8 publications · 427 citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    3 publications · 96 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 82 citations

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  5. Meteoritics and Planetary Science

    3 publications · 99 citations

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