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Using computer simulations, the team found that this region produced planetesimals with very different compositions over a span of roughly two million years.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The researchers showed that diverse populations of planetesimals likely formed in this same region over millions of years.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Many are believed to be pieces of ancient planetesimals that have changed very little since the Solar System's earliest days.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Over time, tiny dust grains collided and stuck together, eventually forming larger rocky bodies called planetesimals, the building blocks of planets and asteroids.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Eventually the clumps grew large enough to be called planetesimals.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson