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astro-ph2007
The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context with Spitzer
Michael R. Meyer, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Dana Backman +32
We provide an overview of the Spitzer Legacy Program ``Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems" (FEPS) which was proposed in 2000, begun in 2001, and executed aboard the Spitz…
astro-ph2004
Gravitational instability and clustering in a disk of planetesimals
P. Tanga, S. J. Weidenschilling, P. Michel +1
For a long time, gravitational instability in the disk of planetesimals has been suspected to be the main engine responsible for the beginning of dust growth, its advantage being t…
astro-ph2004
The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: First Results from a Spitzer Legacy Science Program
M. R. Meyer, L. A. Hillenbrand, D. E. Backman +34
We present 3-160 micron photometry obtained with the IRAC and MIPS instruments for the first five targets from the Spitzer Legacy Science Program "Formation and Evolution of Planet…