Sentences with phrase «bigger planetary bodies»
Both objects formed among the rocky and icy protoplanets beyond the Solar System's «ice line» now located around 2.7 AUs, but the early development of Jupiter apparently prevented such large protoplanets between the gas giant and planet Mars from agglomerating into even bigger planetary bodies, by sweeping many into pulverizing collisions as well as slinging them into the Sun or Oort Cloud, or even beyond Sol's gravitational reach altogether.
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Review of Theories of Moon - Forming Impact (Planetary Science Institute) Big Bang, New Moon (SwRI) Planetary climatic and dynamic factors that convert solid, airless bodies into worlds suitable for life (Dr. Darren Williams - Penn State) Do We Know What Killed the Dinosaurs?