The Dissipation of the Solar Nebula Constrained by Impacts and Core Cooling in Planetesimals
arXiv:2211.08306 · doi:10.1038/s41550-022-01675-2
Abstract
Rapid cooling of planetesimal cores has been inferred for several iron meteorite parent bodies based on metallographic cooling rates, and linked to the loss of their insulating mantles during impacts. However, the timing of these disruptive events is poorly constrained. Here, we used the short-lived 107Pd / 107Ag decay system to date rapid core cooling by determining Pd-Ag ages for iron meteorites. We show closure times for the iron meteorites equate to cooling in the timeframe ~7.8 to 11.7 Myr after CAI, and indicate that an energetic inner Solar System persisted at this time. This likely results from the dissipation of gas in the protoplanetary disk, after which the damping effect of gas drag ceases. An early giant planet instability between 5 and 14 Myr after CAI could have reinforced this effect. This correlates well with the timing of impacts recorded by the Pd Ag system for iron meteorites.
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