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6 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water

   Rubie, Jacobson, Morbidelli et al. · Icarus · 2014

   The authors combined core-formation chemistry with simulations of planet building to test how Earth and Mars accreted and differentiated, and to predict their core compositions.

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   1. Unchecked“Investigations of a broad parameter space indicate that: accretion of Earth was heterogeneous, metal-silicate equilibration pressures increase as accretion progresses and are 60-70% of core-mantle boundary pressures at the time of each impact, and a large fr…
   2. UncheckedIn the paper's models, only starting compositions with bodies near the Sun highly reduced and those further out increasingly oxidised fit Earth's mantle.“Acceptable fits to the Earth's mantle composition are obtained only when bodies that originated close to the Sun, at <0.9-1.2 AU, are highly reduced and those beyond this distance are increasingly oxidized.”
   3. Unchecked“Finally, the Earth's core is predicted to contain 8-9 wt% silicon, 2-4 wt% oxygen and 10-60 ppm hydrogen, whereas the Martian core is predicted to contain low concentrations (<1 wt%) of Si and O.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Coupling dynamical accretion and chemical differentiation: A unified framework for the diversity of Earth and Mars

   Kong, Liu, ZhangZhou et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2026

   Simulations coupling planet-building dynamics with core-formation chemistry suggest Earth and Mars differ because of where they gathered material, the disk's redox structure and how impacts shaped differentiation.

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   1. Unchecked“Earth analogs preferentially accrete reduced material around the planetesimal ring center, whereas Mars analogs acquire a larger fraction of oxidized material exterior to the ring.”
   2. UncheckedIn the models, Earth-like planets equilibrate more deeply and move more iron into the core, leaving low-iron-oxide mantles and larger cores.“As a result, Earth analogs experience deeper equilibration and more efficient transfer of iron into the core, producing mantles with low iron oxide contents and larger core mass fractions.”
   3. UncheckedIn the paper's simulations, Mars analogs equilibrate metal and silicate at shallower depths, keep more iron in their mantles and form smaller cores than Earth analogs.“In contrast, Mars analogs equilibrate at shallower conditions, retain more iron in their mantles, and develop smaller cores.”