Sentences with phrase «planetesimals agglomerate»

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Given the apparent youth of the Pistol Star, it is likely that any protoplanetary bodies that may have formed around the star are still agglomerating other planetesimals.

In addition to rocky asteroids and icier bodies further out from the Sun, many agglomerated into larger planetesimals that eventually collided to form planets like the Earth, and more than 250 minerals, including olivine and zircon, developed within the planetesimals with the help of melting, collisional shocks, and reactions with water.

It is likely that any protoplanetary bodies that may have formed around S2 are still agglomerating other planetesimals, or have been lost to interstellar space or the black hole from gravitational perturbations.