Evaporating planetesimals

Edward D. Young ()
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Edward D. Young: Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7673, 461-462

Abstract: Two studies show that evaporation of molten rock was intrinsic to the formation of Earth and other rocky bodies in the Solar System, suggesting that violent collisions played a key part in the formation process. See Letters p.507 & p.511

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/549461a

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