Extreme close encounters between proto-Mercury and proto-Venus in terrestrial planet formation
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1785
Abstract: Modern models of terrestrial planet formation require solids depletion interior to 0.5–0.7 au in the planetesimal disc to explain the small mass of Mercury. The Earth and Venus analogues emerge after ∼100 Myr collisional growth, while Mercury… read more here.
Keywords: proto venus; terrestrial planet; close encounters; proto mercury ... See more keywords