A possible mechanism of origin of heavy elements in the solar system
Abstract
We advance a hypothesis that a collision of a neutron-rich compact object (NRCO) with a massive dense object of the early solar system was responsible for the heavy element enrichment of the system and for the formation of the terrestrial planets.
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