Narrow-ring accretion models for terrestrial planets cannot reproduce bulk silicate Earth composition because embryos mix reduced and oxidized planetesimals early, requiring segregated reservoirs and late oxidized delivery.
Formation of the Terrestrial Planets from a Narrow Annulus
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We show that the assembly of the Solar System terrestrial planets can be successfully modelled with all of the mass initially confined to a narrow annulus between 0.7 and 1.0 AU. With this configuration, analogues of Mercury and Mars often form from the collisional evolution of material diffusing out of the annulus under the scattering of the forming Earth and Venus analogues. The final systems also possess eccentricities and inclinations that match the observations, without recourse to dynamical friction from remnant small body populations. Finally, the characteristic assembly timescale for Earth analogues is rapid in this model, and consistent with cosmochemical models based on the $^{182}$Hf--$^{182}$W isotopes. The agreement between this model and the observations suggests that terrestrial planet systems may also be formed in `planet traps', as has been proposed recently for the cores of giant planets in our solar system and others.
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Oxidation Constraints on Terrestrial Planet Formation from a Ring
Narrow-ring accretion models for terrestrial planets cannot reproduce bulk silicate Earth composition because embryos mix reduced and oxidized planetesimals early, requiring segregated reservoirs and late oxidized delivery.
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Kepler Image-Subtracted Light Curves and Variable Star Catalog of NGC 6819
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