Bruce D. Lindsay, Kimberly Orr, Truell Hyde, Laurie Barge
Abstract
Open-access reader
Numerical simulations show that planetesimal systems with unevenly distributed masses may actually be more stable than those where all the bodies are of roughly equal size.
A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.
A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.
Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Numerical simulations show that planetesimal systems with unevenly distributed masses may actually be more stable than those where all the bodies are of roughly equal size.
Key concepts: Protoplanet, Physics, Gravitation, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Classical mechanics, Astrobiology, Stars