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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Dynamical Avenues for Mercury’s Origin. I. The Lone Survivor of a Primordial Generation of Short-period Protoplanets

   Clement, Chambers and Jackson · The Astronomical Journal · 2021

   Using numerical simulations, the authors test whether a primordial set of Mars-mass protoplanets near Mercury's orbit could be destroyed, leaving Mercury as the lone survivor, and find the scenario plausible.

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   1. UncheckedIn many of the authors' simulations, the surviving Mercury-like planet suffers a series of erosive impacts that raise its iron-to-silicon ratio.“In many cases, the surviving Mercury analog experiences a series of erosive impacts; thereby boosting its Fe/Si ratio.”
   2. UncheckedIn the authors' simulations of how Mercury could have formed, Venus typically suffers at least one late giant impact, which they note as a caveat.“A caveat of our proposed genesis scenario for Mercury is that Venus typically experiences at least one late giant impact.”