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3 - Using the Main Asteroid Belt to Constrain Planetesimal and Planet Formation

from Part One - Dynamical Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

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William Bottke  and
Alessandro Morbidelli
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Linda T. Elkins-Tanton  and
Benjamin P. Weiss
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
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Arizona State University
Benjamin P. Weiss
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Planetesimals
Early Differentiation and Consequences for Planets
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