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Definition of Planetesimals
1. planetesimal [n] - See also: planetesimal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planetesimals
Literary usage of Planetesimals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"It follows from this discussion that two of the three classes of planetesimals
tend to give the nucleus a forward rotation. The effects are most important ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
5. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"Because the temperature in the inner solar system was too high for ice to survive,
the terrestrial planets had only about 10% of the planetesimals available ..."
6. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"planetesimals from both sources were liable to cross the paths of nuclei at any
... The size and rate of infall of planetesimals are important in this ..."
7. The Origin of the Earth by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1916)
"A third portion of the atmosphere probably came in with the planetesimals, or as
planetesimals. Some of this alien portion may have been in a free molecular ..."
8. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"Gaseous molecules should have come in from without, the same as other planetesimals,
and gases should have been given forth from the rock material that went ..."
9. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"It follows from this discussion that two of the three classes of planetesimals
tend to give the nucleus a forward rotation. The effects are most important ..."
10. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
11. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
12. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The collisions of isolated planetesimals with one another may be neglected, for
it is uncertain whether the planetesimals would rebound from one another or ..."
13. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"Because the temperature in the inner solar system was too high for ice to survive,
the terrestrial planets had only about 10% of the planetesimals available ..."
14. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"planetesimals from both sources were liable to cross the paths of nuclei at any
... The size and rate of infall of planetesimals are important in this ..."
15. The Origin of the Earth by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1916)
"A third portion of the atmosphere probably came in with the planetesimals, or as
planetesimals. Some of this alien portion may have been in a free molecular ..."
16. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"Gaseous molecules should have come in from without, the same as other planetesimals,
and gases should have been given forth from the rock material that went ..."
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