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Planetary science

the formation of planetesimals by gravitational instability of a thin, dense dust layer settled in the midplane of a protoplanetary disc.

In planetary science, Goldreich-Ward mechanism refers to the formation of planetesimals by gravitational instability of a thin, dense dust layer settled in the midplane of a protoplanetary disc. This meaning comes from Goldreich (1973) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Goldreich, P., & Ward, W. R. (1973). The Formation of Planetesimals. The Astrophysical Journal, 183, 1051. https://doi.org/10.1086/152291

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