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The Evolution of Angular Momentum from Terrestrial Planets during their Planetary Formation
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Abstract
It has been a long run on searching for the angular momentum development and its origin for the terrestrial planets, in contrast to a general theory or equation that can write the whole picture of the angular momentum development. Generally, planetary angular momentum is built up by numerous rocky or dust contributors fused together and affected by later interactions of different sources. In other words, it requires tremendous calculation on the demotion of each debris on a complex system, meaning various theories to study the physics and fit into present observational data. The case of terrestrial planets is studied by computer simulation with models that contain different strategies of interacting bodies inside the space, and these simulations are conducted under various initial conditions, for instance, the number of involving bodies and the sizes of the rocky debris. This article briefly gives a picture of the theories simulating and predicting the development and origin of terrestrial planets by literature view of listed references, aiming to summarize and discuss the differences of several simulations and their conditions.
Keywords
angular momentum, planetary spin, pebble accretion, stochastic accretion.
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Xu,C. (2024). The Evolution of Angular Momentum from Terrestrial Planets during their Planetary Formation. Theoretical and Natural Science,55,90-95.
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