Building a planet in record time

Alan Brandon ()
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Alan Brandon: University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 473, issue 7348, 460-461

Abstract: It seems that Mars had grown to near its present size by 2 million to 4 million years after the Solar System began to form. Such rapid growth explains why the planet is much smaller than Earth and Venus. See Letter p.489

Date: 2011
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