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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The early instability scenario: Terrestrial planet formation during the giant planet instability, and the effect of collisional fragmentation

   Clement, Kaib, Raymond, Chambers and Walsh · Icarus · 2018

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   1. Unchecked“Collisional processes also tend to lengthen the dynamical accretion timescales of Earth analogs, and shorten those of Mars analogs.”
   2. Unchecked“Since the total particle number decreases slower when collisional fragmentation is accounted for, the growing planets' orbits are damped more strongly via dynamical friction and encounters with small bodies that dissipate angular momentum (eg: hit-and-run im…