Minimum radii of super-earths: Constraints from giant impacts

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 712, Issue 1 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Marcus, Robert A ^a   Sasselov, Dimitar ^a   Hernquist, Lars ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planets and satellites: formation

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EID: 77949306833     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/712/1/L73     Document Type: Article

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