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Table 4

Overview of the fixed and varied parameters that were used for the study of icy planetesimals with radii smaller than 200 km that accrete in the asteroid belt, the inter-planet disk and in the Kuiper belt.

Conditions/variables Asteroid belt Inter-planet disk Kuiper belt
Tinit, Tamb 170 K 110 K 50 K
Accretion duration 1−5 Myr 1−5 Myr 7−100 Myr
Accretion law Exponential (late runaway accumulation of material),
initial radius R0 = 100 m, final radius Rf = 10–200 km
Dust/ice volume ratio 3 : 1 3 : 1 3 : 1, 1 : 1
Initial porosity 0.4 0.4 0.4

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