Planets and Comets: Role of Crystal Growth in Their Formation

Journal/Book: Reprinted from Science (1963) Vol. 140 No. 3572 pages 1208-1211. 1963;

Abstract: Goddard Space Flight Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration Greenbelt Maryland and Molecular Physics Laboratory General Dynamics Electronics Rochester New York Abstract. The application of crystal growth theory to the formation of smoke particles from the primordial solar nebula indicates that solid particles with filamentary structures would form. Such particles would facilitate successive aggregation into planets comets and asteroids. The difficulties associated with the aggregation of spherical smoke particles would thus be avoided. . . .

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