re: Important concept: Planetary condensation

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BRFelix — 4/6/2006 4:19:05 PM (archived)

Nick sez: " Fresh matter is ejected, and some condenses into planets..."

How does condensation differ from accretion? If planetary bodies condense, how long does it take? Or is it a matter of almost instantaneous formation once conditions allow?

Nice imagery, too.

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Famous last words? - nick hoffman - 4/5/2006 11:46:32 PM
- re: Famous last words? - Marcia - 4/7/2006 1:35:23 AM
- Habitibility would depend on orbit I think. - planet net - 4/6/2006 6:18:54 PM
  - re: neat idea - andrew - 4/7/2006 7:17:09 PM
- "Fresh matter is ejected, and some condenses into planets of Earth-scale or thereabouts" - David F Mayer - 4/6/2006 5:27:30 PM
  - nice pictures, but... - pwokenyaw - 4/6/2006 6:29:42 PM
    - I was referring only to Earth-like planets. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/6/2006 8:46:37 PM
- re: Important concept: Planetary condensation - BRFelix - 4/6/2006 4:19:05 PM
- re: Famous last words? - Larry J - 4/6/2006 1:09:33 PM
- URL - nick hoffman - 4/5/2006 11:52:43 PM
  - A Debris Disk Around An Isolated Young Neutron Star - ljk - 4/6/2006 8:15:14 PM
    - OK. I take back my post above. Evidence counts more than theory. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/6/2006 8:47:51 PM
      - Spitzer/MIPS Limits on Asteroidal Dust in the Pulsar Planetary System PSR B1257+1 - ljk - 4/7/2006 6:39:21 PM
        
        Evidence ALWAYS trumps theory. (n/t) - DFM - 4/9/2006 3:10:28 AM

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