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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Growing Mars fast: High-resolution GPU simulations of embryo formation

   Woo, Grimm, Brasser and Stadel · Icarus · 2021

   The authors ran high-resolution GPU simulations of embryo formation from up to 41,000 self-gravitating planetesimals and found that growth depends strongly on initial conditions, with implications for Mars, Mercury and Venus.

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   1. UncheckedIn these simulations, heavier starting planetesimals, a faster-fading gas disc and eccentric early Jupiter and Saturn orbits each sped up embryo growth.“More massive initial planetesimals, a shorter gas disc decay timescale and initially eccentric Jupiter and Saturn (EJS) all lead to faster growth of embryos.”
   2. Unchecked“The sweeping secular resonance almost completely clears the asteroid belt and deposits this material in the Mercury-Venus region, altering the composition of embryos there.”
   3. Unchecked“Changing the initial orbits of Jupiter and Saturn to more circular (CJS) or assuming embryos formed in a gas free environment removes the sweeping secular resonance effect and thus greatly decreases material accreted from beyond 2 AU for Mercury-Venus region…