Fig. 6

Accretion cross-section diameter
with erosion in relation with
without erosion depending on the pebble radius Rpebble
for planets with sizes between 0.1 and 10 REarth. The semi-major axis a
varies between 0.1 AU (violet) and 3 AU (red). The planets do not have an additional planetary atmosphere. For a semi-major axis
a ≳ 3 AU, wind erosion does not affect the pebble accretion outcome (see yellow line at
). With increasing planet size Rplanet the pebble radius range, which is affected by the pebble accretion outcome, increases significantly. This can be seen by a shift in the threshold pebble radius around 10 m. Also bigger planets increase the region where wind erosion influences the accretion of pebbles and planetesimals. Error bars (similar to Fig. 5) are removed for better visualization.
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