Atmospheric mass loss during planet formation: The importance of planetesimal impacts

Quantifying the atmospheric mass loss during planet formation is crucial for understanding the origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres. We examine the contributions to atmospheric loss from both giant impacts and planetesimal accretion. Giant impacts cause global motion of the ground. Using an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sari, Re’em, Yalinewich, Almog, Schlichting, Hilke E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107149
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0298-8089