![]() ![]() (2006) Terrestrial Planet Formation with Strong Dynamical Friction. (2010) Making the Earth: Combining Dynamics and Chemistry in the Solar System. Questions remain about the accretion of water and other highly volatile compounds, including C and N, which are essential for life. The simulated planets have chemical compositions similar to real planets, indicating that the accretion calculations are reasonable. They then compared the simulated planets with the compositions of Earth and Mars. Jade Bond (previously at University of Arizona and now at the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ), Dante Lauretta (University of Arizona) and Dave O'Brien (Planetary Sciences Institute) combined planetary accretion simulations done by O'Brien, Alessandro Morbidelli (Observatoire de Nice, France), and Hal Levison (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder) with calculations of the solar nebula chemistry as a function of time and distance from the Sun to determine the overall chemical composition of the planets formed in the simulations. Sophisticated calculations of how planetesimals assembled into the terrestrial planets can be tested by using models of the chemistry of the solar nebula. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology MaDynamics and Chemistry of Planet Construction - Planetary compositions allow us to test computer models of planet formation. (March, 2010) Dynamics and Chemistry of Planet Construction. PSRD: Dynamics and Chemistry of Planet ConstructionĬitation: Taylor, G.
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