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Planetesimal Differentiation

Planetesimal Differentiation is a geological process within planetary science whereby planetesimals, the primordial building blocks of planets, undergo internal chemical and physical segregation due to heat-driven melting and gravitational separation, leading to the formation of compositionally distinct layers such as metallic cores and silicate mantles.

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2017–2026

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A new family of planets? “Ocean-Planets”

A. Léger, Franck Selsis, C. Sotin et al. · Icarus · 2004 · 357 citations · Full text

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A low-temperature origin for the planetesimals that formed Jupiter

Tobias Owen, P. R. Mahaffy, H. Niemann et al. · Nature · 1999 · 340 citations · Full text

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Chondrites as samples of differentiated planetesimals

L. T. Elkins‐Tanton, B. P. Weiss, M. T. Zuber · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2011 · 283 citations

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Paleomagnetic Records of Meteorites and Early Planetesimal Differentiation

Benjamin P. Weiss, J. Gattacceca, S. Stanley et al. · Space Science Reviews · 2009 · 159 citations

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Ice lines, planetesimal composition and solid surface density in the solar nebula

Sarah Dodson-Robinson, Karen Willacy, Peter Bodenheimer et al. · Icarus · 2008 · 144 citations · Full text

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Authors

99

  1. WF
    W. F. Bottke

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    2 publications · 140 citations

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  2. BP
    B. P. Weiss

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 326 citations

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  3. FJ
    F. J. Ciesla

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  4. RG
    R. Greenberg

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. LS
    L. Shrbený

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, Czechia

    1 publications · 97 citations

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Institutions

72

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    398 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    828 citations

  6. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    172 citations

  7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    529 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    118 citations

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  1. Icarus

    7 publications · 676 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    3 publications · 372 citations

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  3. Space Science Reviews

    2 publications · 172 citations

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  4. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    1 publications · 28 citations

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