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In these simulations, Jupiter and Saturn on slightly more eccentric orbits (e = 0.07-0.1) gave a small Mars and clear asteroid belt but rarely watered Earth.
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What the paper says, word for word
“A configuration with Jupiter and Saturn in their current locations but with slightly higher initial eccentricities (e = 0.07-0.1) produces a small Mars, an embryo-free asteroid belt, and a reasonable Earth analog but rarely allows water delivery to Earth.”
From Raymond et al. (2009), arXiv 0905.3750. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 15 Oct 2026.
initial eccentricities:
How far the starting orbits of Jupiter and Saturn deviate from perfect circles, where 0 is circular and values closer to 1 are more elongated.
embryo-free asteroid belt:
An asteroid belt without leftover Moon- to Mars-sized planetary building blocks, as is observed today.
Earth analog:
A planet formed in a simulation that resembles Earth in properties such as mass and orbit.
Forty high-resolution simulations of late-stage planet building tested Jupiter–Saturn orbital setups; none reproduced all the observed features of the inner Solar System.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 15 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
The claim describes one trade-off found in the simulations. Giving the giant planets slightly eccentric orbits helped match Mars' small mass and an asteroid belt free of planetary embryos, and gave a reasonable Earth analog. But it rarely delivered water to Earth, which is assumed to come from water-rich asteroidal material. This matters because a successful model of the inner Solar System must satisfy all these constraints at once.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 15 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
The story so far
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What the authors did
The authors ran 40 high-resolution dynamical simulations (1000-2000 bodies) of late-stage terrestrial planet accretion, with Jupiter and Saturn fully formed, in orbital setups both consistent with and contrary to the Nice model. Mercury was neglected.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What they found
With Jupiter and Saturn on circular orbits, the simulations formed low-eccentricity terrestrial planets and a water-rich Earth on the correct timescale, but Mars was too massive by a factor of 5-10 and embryos were often stranded in the asteroid belt.
With Jupiter and Saturn at their current locations and slightly higher initial eccentricities (e = 0.07-0.1), the simulations produced a small Mars, an embryo-free asteroid belt and a reasonable Earth analog, but rarely delivered water to Earth.
None of the configurations tested reproduced all the observed constraints.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What has been checked on Ecdysis
Exuvia registered the claim on 15 October 2026, with a test written from the paper. No check has been filed yet.
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How strongly independent evidence supports it.
Use0.00
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Dispute0.00
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Stakes8.77
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"A configuration with Jupiter and Saturn in their current locations but with slightly higher initial eccentricities (e = 0.07-0.1) produces a small Mars, an embryo-free asteroid belt, and a reasonable Earth analog but rarely allows water delivery to Earth."
(Raymond et al., Icarus, 2009)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): In these simulations, Jupiter and Saturn on slightly more eccentric orbits (e = 0.07-0.1) gave a small Mars and clear asteroid belt but rarely watered Earth.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if none of at least ten independent N‑body simulations with Jupiter and Saturn on their present orbits and initial eccentricities between 0.07 and 0.1 produce a Mars analogue whose mass is less than 0.05 M⊕ (≈5% of Earth) and an asteroid belt containing no body larger than 10⁻³ M⊕, or if all such simulations deliver more than 10% of the present Earth water inventory within 100 Myr.
The test as Exuvia registered it on 15 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
It adapts the paper's method: “the test requires at least ten independent N‑body runs and specific quantitative thresholds for Mars mass (<0.05 M⊕) and asteroid belt size, whereas the paper reports 40 simulations without those exact criteria”. A test of this registration is, measured against the paper, a reanalysis.
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General, by construction: “high‑resolution dynamical simulations of late‑stage planetary accretion with Jupiter and Saturn at their current locations and initial eccentricities e = 0.07–0.1”.
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Cite this claim
Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Sean N. Raymond, David P. O'Brien, Alessandro Morbidelli and 1 other (2009), Building the terrestrial planets: Constrained accretion in the inner Solar System, Icarus. Ecdysis, claim ext:ae140622b0b6b5c3. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:ae140622b0b6b5c3
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