Conférence - David Nesvorný : Formation of Equal-Size Binaries in the Kuiper Belt

Collège de France - Sélection · Nov 27, 2025 · 58m

Alessandro Morbidelli

Chaire Formation planétaire : de la Terre aux exoplanètes

Collège de France

Année 2025-2026

David Nesvorný

Conférence - David Nesvorný : Formation of Equal-Size Binaries in the Kuiper Belt

David Nesvorný

Southwest Research Institute, USA

Résumé

A critical step in the emergence of planets within a protoplanetary disk is the accretion of planetesimals - bodies ranging from 1 to 1,000 kilometers in size - formed from smaller solid constituents. However, this process remains poorly understood, largely due to limited observational constraints on the complex physical…