Planetesimal Impact Vapor Plumes and Nebular Shocks Form Chondritic Mixtures
Sarah T. Stewart et al 2025 Planet. Sci. J. 6 108 Simulations suggest that impacts between planetesimals can produce chondrules — round inclusions of once-melted silicates — similar to what is seen…
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