Artist's impression of a protoplanet.
Artist's impression of a protoplanet. A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disc and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior. Protoplanets are thought to form out of kilometer-sized planetesimals that gravitationally perturb each other's orbits and collide, gradually coalescing into the dominant planets.
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Photo credit: © Pablo Carlos Budassi/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
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