FORMATION OF AMORPHOUS ICE IN THE PROTOPLANETARY NEBULA

Authors
MEKLER Y PODOLAK M
Citation
Y. Mekler et M. Podolak, FORMATION OF AMORPHOUS ICE IN THE PROTOPLANETARY NEBULA, Planetary and space science, 42(10), 1994, pp. 865-870
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Planetary and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320633
Volume
42
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
865 - 870
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0633(1994)42:10<865:FOAIIT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The criteria for formation of amorphous ice in different models of the protoplanetary nebula are developed. Assuming that comets are compose d mostly of amorphous ice, it is shown that the inner boundary of form ation of cometary nuclei is about 7 A.U.