Modification of icy planetesimals by early thermal evolution and collisions: Constraints for formation time and initial size of comets and small KBOs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114437
Abstract: Comets and small Kuiper belt objects are considered to be among the most primitive objects in the solar system as comets like C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp are rich in highly volatile ices like CO. It has… read more here.
Keywords: formation time; evolution; icy planetesimals; comets small ... See more keywords