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Planetary Embryo Formation

Planetary Embryo Formation is a theoretical construct in planetary science that describes the stage in which kilometer-sized protoplanetary bodies coalesce through gravitational instability and collisional accretion within a protoplanetary disk, distinguishing it from earlier stages of dust coagulation and subsequent phases of planetary differentiation.

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258

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160

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2017–2026

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157

Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth

Alessandro Morbidelli, John Chambers, J. I. Lunine et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2000 · 866 citations · Full text

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Making the Terrestrial Planets: N-Body Integrations of Planetary Embryos in Three Dimensions

John Chambers, G. W. Wetherill · Icarus · 1998 · 576 citations

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Hf–W–Th evidence for rapid growth of Mars and its status as a planetary embryo

Nicolas Dauphas, Ali Pourmand · Nature · 2011 · 462 citations

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Formation of Planetary Embryos: Effects of Fragmentation, Low Relative Velocity, and Independent Variation of Eccentricity and Inclination

G. W. Wetherill, G. R. Stewart · Icarus · 1993 · 440 citations

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The great dichotomy of the Solar System: Small terrestrial embryos and massive giant planet cores

Alessandro Morbidelli, Michiel Lambrechts, Seth A. Jacobson et al. · Icarus · 2015 · 260 citations · Full text

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Authors

258

  1. AM
    Alessandro Morbidelli

    Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, France

    17 publications · 2.2K citations

    15

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  2. SN
    Sean N. Raymond

    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, France

    9 publications · 646 citations

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  3. AI
    André Izidoro

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    9 publications · 510 citations

    9

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  4. OM
    O. M. Guilera

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    8 publications · 227 citations

    8

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  5. CM
    C. Mordasini

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    7 publications · 226 citations

    7

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Institutions

160

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    61 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    16 h-index

    29 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    917 citations

  5. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata

    La Plata, Argentina

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    824 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    800 citations

  8. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    32 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 21 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    25 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Icarus

    12 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 9 publications · 701 citations

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