On the formation of the Kepler-10 planetary system

In this paper, we investigate the conditions required for the 3 and 17 Earth mass solid planets in the Kepler-10 system to have formed through collisions and mergers within an initial population of embryos. By performing a large number of N-body simulations, we show that the total mass of the initia...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Terquem, C
التنسيق: Journal article
منشور في: 2014