planetesimal in English
noun
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a minute planet; a body that could or did come together with many others under gravitation to form a planet.
Asteroids are small bodies in space - the numerous leftover planetesimals from which the planets were made nearly 4.6 billion years ago.
adjective
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relating to planetesimal bodies.
Models of planetesimal disks suggest that low relative velocities between the bodies produce accretion (objects hit and stay together) rather than fragmentation (objects break up and disperse).
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1. Atmosfer mempunyai ketebalan kurang lebih 1000 km dan terbentuk sewaktu bumi ini tumbuh, gas-gas yang terjebak di dalam planetesimal lepas sehingga menyelimuti bola bumi.