Oligarchic Growth of Protoplanets in Planetesimal Rings
Yuki Kambara and Eiichiro Kokubo 2025 ApJ 985 71 Using N-body simulations, researchers examine the outcomes of planetesimal growth in protoplanetary disks in which planetesimals are clustered within…
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