Kronrod V.A.

This paper is based on the studies made by leading
researchers of the Laboratory of thermodynamics and
mathematical modeling of natural processes at the Vernadsky
Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of
the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of cosmogony,
geochemistry and cosmochemistry. The main research
method is mathematical modeling using the restrictions
obtained from experimental studies of bodies of the Solar
System and exoplanetary systems. Verification of models is
also carried out by comparing the obtained results and
available experimental data. The article consists of four
sections reflecting the main directions of the laboratory’s
work. The section “Studies in the field of stellar-planetary
cosmogony is written by scientists under the leadership of
Academician M. Ya. Marov. The section includes studies of
the formation and evolution of dust clusters, primary bodies,
the terrestrial planets, and some exoplanets, the delivery of
water to the terrestrial planets, and the problem of the
asteroid-comet hazard. The sections containing the results of
the study of the internal structure of the satellites—the Moon
and Titan, were carried out under the guidance of the Corresponding
Member of RAS O. L. Kuskov. The section
“Estimation of the composition and mass of the ice component
in primary ice-rock bodies of the protoplanetary
disk” contains some results obtained by D.Sc. V. A. Dorofeeva
in the study of the behavior and conditions of accumulation
of volatile components in the early Solar System.