Why Mars Is a Planetary Runt by Richard A Kerr SceinceNow, May 25, 2011 http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/05/how-to-make-a-runt-of-the-solar.html
Small mass of Mars could be due to planetary orbital migration, PhysOrg, June 6, 2011 http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/68812270/small-mass-of-mars-could-be-due-to-planetary-orbital-migration.html http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/GrandTackScenario.htm Why is Mars so tiny? Blame wandering Jupiter New study seems to solve a difficult problem in solar system's formation, MSNBC, June 7, 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43311640/ns/technology_and_science-space/ The paper is: Walsh, K. J., A. Morbidelli, S. N. Raymond, D. P. O'Brien, and A. M. Mandell, 2011, A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration. Nature. Published online 05 June 2011 doi:10.1038/nature10201 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10201.html PDF file at, http://www.ice.csic.es/files/upload_files/File/nature10201_mars_jupiter_migration.pdf http://www.ice.cat/es/view_new.php?NID=113 Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list