pebble
(term sometimes used for solid objects from cm to meter size)
The term pebble, as used in discussions of planet formation
often means a solid object as large as a meter or more in diameter,
in addition to the more usual notion of centimeter size.
It is used in this manner in the phrase pebble accretion.
(planet formation)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_accretion
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021SciA....7..444J/abstract
Referenced by pages:
accretion
cosmic dust
isolation mass
pebble accretion
planet formation
Yarkovsky effect
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