Oxidation Constraints on Terrestrial Planet Formation from a Ring

arXiv:2605.31081 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-29 · Read on arXiv

Katherine I. Dale, Alessandro Morbidelli, Gabriel Nathan, Jason Woo, David Nesvorný, David C. Rubie

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-29

Comments: Accepted in Icarus, 20 pages (including appendix), 11 figures (including appendix) and two tables (appendix)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 43× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• N-body simulations — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Scaling Laws — 3× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Adaptation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Streaming Instability — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation during early condensation in the protoplanetary disk
• Scaling laws for the geometry of an impact-induced magma ocean
• Constraining the Origin of Mars via Simulations of Multi-Stage Core Formation
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• Origin of water in the inner Solar System: Planetesimals scattered inward during Jupiter and Saturn's rapid gas accretion
• Tungsten isotope evolution during Earth's formation and new constraints on the viability of accretion simulations

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