- A
protoplanet is a
large planetary embryo that
originated within a
protoplanetary disk and has
undergone internal melting to
produce a differentiated...
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Theia (/ˈθiːə/) is a
hypothesized ancient planet in the
early Solar System which,
according to the giant-impact hypothesis,
collided with the
early Earth...
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gravitationally bound and can
mimic protoplanets. In the case of
GoHam b it is not
clear if it is a
protoplanet or just a disk fragment. JWST NIRCam...
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about direct interactions with
planetary regoliths.
Ceres is a
surviving protoplanet that
formed 4.56 billion
years ago;
alongside Pallas and Vesta, one of...
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through mutual gravity,
enormously aiding further growth into moon-sized
protoplanets.
Smaller bodies must
instead rely on
Brownian motion or
turbulence to...
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asteroid to have been discovered,
after Ceres, and is
likely a
remnant protoplanet. Like Ceres, it is
believed to have a
mineral composition similar to...
- AU, and
again from 13 AU out to a few
hundred AU, with
evidence for a
protoplanet forming at a
distance of
around 47 AU.
Estimated to be less than 10 million...
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filaments cooled into numerous, tiny,
solid planetesimals and a few
larger protoplanets. This
model received favorable support for
about 3 decades, but p****ed...
- the m**** of the
asteroid belt.
Vesta is the only
known remaining rocky protoplanet (with a
differentiated interior) of the kind that
formed the terrestrial...
- may be many
protoplanets orbiting the star or each other, but over time many will collide,
either to form a larger,
combined protoplanet or
release material...
