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Planetesimals (/ˌplænɪˈtɛsɪməlz/) are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and debris disks. Believed to have formed in the Solar System about 4.6 billion years ago, they aid study of its formation.
Planetesimals in the Solar System, Formation & Etymology
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Planetesimal | is a | solid object arising during the accumulation of orbiting bodies whose internal strength is dominated by self-gravity and whose orbital dynamics is not significantly affected by… | 0.90 | text |
| the Oort cloud | instance of | into distant eccentric orbits | 0.80 | text |
| or had collided with larger objects due to the regular gravitational nudges from the giant planets | instance of | into distant eccentric orbits | 0.80 | text |
| Planetesimal | related to Etymology | The | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Etymology | While | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Etymology | Solar System | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | Viktor Safronov | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | Once | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | Smaller | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | Brownian | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | The | 0.60 | section |
| Planetesimal | related to Formation | Alternatively | 0.60 | section |
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