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Impact Accretion

Impact Accretion is a planetary formation mechanism, distinct from gradual or adhesive accretion processes, whereby celestial bodies grow through the successive collision and merger of planetesimals and planetary embryos under gravitational influences, resulting in the accumulation of mass via high-energy impacts.

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2017–2026

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Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact

R. M. Canup · Science · 2012 · 642 citations

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The effect of gas drag on the growth of protoplanets

Chris W. Ormel, Hubert Klahr · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 619 citations · Full text

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Dynamics of Lunar Formation

R. M. Canup · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2004 · 322 citations

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Short-period AM CVn systems as optical, X-ray and gravitational-wave sources

G. Nelemans, Simon Portegies Zwart · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2004 · 277 citations · Full text

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Water delivery and giant impacts in the ‘Grand Tack’ scenario

D. P. O’Brien, K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. · Icarus · 2014 · 274 citations · Full text

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Authors

128

  1. RM
    R. M. Canup

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

    9

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  2. WF
    W. F. Bottke

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    4 publications · 564 citations

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  3. AM
    Alessandro Morbidelli

    Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, France

    4 publications · 449 citations

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  4. SA
    Seth A. Jacobson

    Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, France

    3 publications · 165 citations

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  5. EA
    Erik Asphaug

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 244 citations

    3

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Institutions

98

  1. Southwest Research Institute

    San Antonio, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    183 citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    304 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    751 citations

  7. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    581 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    384 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 14 publications · 956 citations

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  2. Icarus

    7 publications · 556 citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    4 publications · 190 citations

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