Giant planet formation by gravitational instability

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5320, 1997, Pages 1836-1839

  Boss, Alan P ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; PLANET FORMATION; SOLAR NEBULA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; GRAVITY; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0030847782     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1836     Document Type: Article

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