| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1772911 | Icarus | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
•Most of the compound chondrules are nonporphyritic in ordinary chondrites.•Primaries of compound chondrules are larger than secondaries.•Most of the compound chondrules are formed from completely molten droplets.•Completely molten levitated droplets invariably turn into supercooled droplets.•The supercooled-collision model can reproduce the observed features.
We present a novel model showing that compound chondrules are formed by collisions of supercooled droplets. This model reproduces two prominent observed features of compound chondrules: the nonporphyritic texture and the size ratio between two components.
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Authors
Sota Arakawa, Taishi Nakamoto,