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Accumulation of solid bodies in the solar nebula
S. J. Weidenschilling, Donald R. Davis
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Abstract
Research on the accumulation of solid bodies in the solar nebula is discussed. Studies of the earliest stage of accumulation of solid bodies in the solar system, which occured in the presence of the gaseous component of the solar nebula, are discussed. The combined effects of gas drag and gravitational perturbations of a planetary embryo on the orbital evolution of planetesimals, the effects of resonant trapping on planetesimals, and planetary mass accretion are discussed.
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