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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Different arrival times of CM and CI-like bodies from the outer Solar System to the asteroid belt

   Anderson, Vernazza and Miroslav · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

   N-body simulations of giant planet growth and migration suggest CM- and CI-like bodies reached the asteroid belt at different times, with CI bodies arriving alongside comet-like bodies.

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   1. UncheckedCM chondrite parent bodies come from the Saturn formation region, while CI chondrite parent bodies come mainly from the primordial trans-Uranian disk.“Here we show that the parent bodies of CM chondrites originate from the Saturn formation region, whereas those of CI chondrites originate essentially from the primordial trans-Uranian disk.”
   2. UncheckedIn the authors' simulations, only CM-like bodies, not CI-like ones, added water to the rocky inner planets.“A byproduct of our simulations is that only CM-like, not CI-like, bodies contributed to the water budget of the telluric planets.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Shaken, not stirred: Inefficient mixing of CM- and CI-like materials

   Anderson, Vernazza and Broz · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

   N-body simulations suggest that Saturn's growth cannot implant enough CM-like planetesimals in the Uranus-Neptune region to contaminate the CI reservoir, implying limited mixing of carbonaceous materials.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations, fewer than about 2% of CM-like planetesimals end up beyond 15 au, even in gas-rich conditions, because gas drag pulls them back inwards.“While Saturn's growth efficiently scatters CM-like planetesimals, fewer than about 2 percent are implanted beyond 15 au, even under gas-rich conditions, because gas drag damps their eccentricities and drives them back toward their perihelia rather than allowing them to circularize at larger distanc…”
   2. UncheckedIf CM-like material totals about one Earth mass, at most 0.02–0.04 Earth masses reaches 15–25 au, too little to contaminate the CI reservoir.“For a CM mass budget M_CM,tot about 1 M_Earth, this implies at most M_CM < 0.02-0.04 M_Earth reaches 15-25 au, corresponding to a diluted mass fraction < (1-2) x 10^-3 in the outer ring, hence negligible contamination of the CI reservoir.”