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Accumulation of Chondrules on Asteroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Fred L. Whipple
Fred L. Whipple*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College Observatory

Abstract

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It is suggested that aerodynamic forces played a significant role in the selective accumulation of chondrules on asteroids moving with respect to the gas in a primeval solar nebula. Particles smaller than millimeter chondrules would sweep by an asteroid moving in a critical velocity range, whereas larger particles could be accumulated by impact. Theory and calculation cover the case of subsonic velocity and asteroidal diameter up to 50 km for a nebula density up to 10-6 g/cm3, or higher for smaller asteroids.

Type
Part II-Origin of Asteroids Interrelations with Comets, Meteorites, and Meteors
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 251 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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