The isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (CC) meteorites indicates that meteorite parent bodies derive from two genetically distinct …
Context. Water is a key molecule in the physics and chemistry of star and planet formation, but it is difficult to observe from Earth. The Herschel Space Observatory provided …
Little is known about the origin of the spectral diversity of asteroids and what it says about conditions in the protoplanetary disk. Here, we show that samples returned from Cb-type …
The origin of Earth's water remains unknown. Enstatite chondrite (EC) meteorites have similar isotopic composition to terrestrial rocks and thus may be representative of the …
Astronomical observations reveal that protoplanetary disks around young stars commonly have ring-and gap-like structures in their dust distributions. These features are associated …
Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …
Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …
SJ Desch, A Kalyaan… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive evolutionary model of the Sun's protoplanetary disk, constructed to resolve the" CAI storage problem" of meteoritics. We predict the abundances …
Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The …