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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Migration processes in the Solar System and their role in the evolution of the Earth and planets

   Marov and Ipatov · Physics-Uspekhi · 2021

   The paper reviews how small bodies and dust migrate in the young Solar System and what this means for planet formation, the Moon, asteroid and trans-Neptunian belts, and water delivery to Earth.

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   1. UncheckedEarth and Venus could have gathered over half their mass within 5 million years, with outer layers built from material from different parts of their feeding zones.“We show that Earth and Venus could acquire more than half of their mass in 5 million years, and their outer layers could accumulate the same material from different parts of the feeding zone of these planets.”
   2. UncheckedSimulations suggest water brought to Earth by small bodies from beyond the ice line could be comparable in mass to Earth's oceans.“Based on these computations, we conclude that the mass of water delivered to the Earth by planetesimals, comets, and carbonaceous chondrite asteroids from beyond the ice line could be comparable to the mass of Earth's oceans.”