Sentences with phrase «accrete together»

I apply numerical models to investigate the physical and chemical evolution of planetary materials, ranging from the small dust grains suspended in protoplanetary disks to the many kilometer - scale objects which accrete together to form planets.

Not exact matches

Orbiting particles should spiral into their star or be scattered or expelled from their orbit — not merge (accrete) to become a planet.a Experiments have shown that colliding particles, instead of sticking together, almost always fragment.b (Similar difficulties exist in trying to form a moon from particles orbiting a planet.)