Remarks on Modeling the Formation of Ura
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Harold F. Levison; Glen R. Stewart
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We have studied two scenarios for the in situ formation of Uranus and Neptune from a hundred or so sub-Earth-sized planetary embryos initially on low-inclination, nearly circular orbits beyond Saturn. We find that giant planets do not form during integrations of such systems. Almost no accretion occ