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meter size barrier

(one meter barrier)
(a barrier to planet formation on the order of a meter diameter)

The term meter size barrier (or one meter barrier) is used for aspects of planet formation that would seem to limit a planetary embryo's growth very roughly a meter in size (e.g., the range of centimeters to a few meters). A number of mechanisms fall within this definition, such as:

The term meter size barrier is sometimes specifically intended to mean these last two.


(planet formation,barrier,migration)
Further reading:
https://astrobites.org/2015/04/03/what-is-the-meter-size-barrier/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...792L..27B/abstract
http://www.mpia.de/~beuther/pf_ws1516_rvb.pdf
http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2015/talks/YoudinSagan.pdf

Referenced by pages:
barrier
fragmentation barrier

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