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Planetary science

stage of planetesimal accretion in which the largest bodies grow fastest because gravitational focusing enlarges their capture cross section.

In planetary science, runaway growth refers to stage of planetesimal accretion in which the largest bodies grow fastest because gravitational focusing enlarges their capture cross section. This meaning comes from Kokubo (1996) in Icarus.[1]

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References

Kokubo, E., & Ida, S. (1996). On Runaway Growth of Planetesimals. Icarus, 123(1), 180-191. https://doi.org/10.1006/icar.1996.0148

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