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Rapid formation of Jupiter by diffuse redistribution of water vapor in the solar nebulaIn the present, water-vapor diffusive redistribution and condensation model of solid material abundance enhancement in the solar nebula's Jupiter-formation region, the assumed turbulent nebula temperatures decrease inversely with radial distance from the center, and time-scales are set by turbulent viscosities. The length scale for condensation of diffusively-transported water vapor is about 0.4 AU, and the surface density of ice in the Jupiter-formation zone undergoes enhancement by a factor of as much as 75; this surface density enhancement is enough to precipitate the rapid accretion of planetesimals into a solid core.
Document ID
19880057945
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stevenson, David J.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, United States)
Lunine, Jonathan I.
(Arizona, University Tucson, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 75
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
88A45172
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-86-08475
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-185
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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