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Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk, Paperback / softback Book

Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk Paperback / softback

Edited by R. H. (Rutgers University, New Jersey) Hewins, Rhian (University of New Mexico) Jones, Ed (University of Hawaii, Manoa) Scott

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Chondrules in primitive meteorites have excited and challenged scientists since they were first described nearly 200 years ago.

Chondrules were made by some pervasive process in the early solar system that formed melted silicate droplets.

This 1996 text was the first comprehensive review of chondrules and their origins since a consensus developed that they were made in the disk of gas and solids that formed the Sun and planets 4.5 billion years ago.

Fifty scientists from assorted disciplines have collaborated to review how chondrules could have formed in the protoplanetary disk.

When and where in the disk did they form? What were they made from and how fast were they heated and cooled?

What provided the energy to melt chondrules - nebular shock waves, lightning discharges, protostellar jets?

Following an exciting international conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the latest answers to these questions are presented in thirty-four articles.

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