EXOA16

The past few years have witnessed major developments in the field of terrestrial planet formation. Thanks to the advances in computational technology, the three leading scenarios, namely, the traditional model, pebble accretion, and formation in rings, have become more complex, and have demonstrated their broad and expansive success. How these three approaches compare, and how they contribute to developing a comprehensive model of terrestrial planet formation are now among the most outstanding questions in planetary astrophysics. Through a collection of invited talks and contributed oral and poster presentations, this session aims at introducing each approach and assessing their capabilities by comparing their results to our knowledge of terrestrial planets in our solar system and extrasolar planets. As part of this session, we also plan to organize a press conference or town hall, where renowned experts from each formation scenario will answer questions from the press and an audience of peers.

We cordially invite all experts and interested colleagues to submit abstracts for oral and poster contributions in all areas related to theoretical, observational, and experimental studies of terrestrial planet formation in our solar system and extrasolar planets. We strongly encourage contributions from early career scientists.