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8 claims from 4 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The Origin of Pluto's Orbit: Implications for the Solar System Beyond Neptune

   Malhotra · The Astronomical Journal · 1995

   The paper proposes that Pluto's orbit arose from resonance capture as Neptune's orbit changed early on, and predicts the resulting orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper predicts that most objects between Neptune and about 50 AU sit in narrow resonance zones with Neptune, chiefly 3:2 and 2:1, with large eccentricities.“Some consequences of this evolution for the present-day dynamical structure of the trans-Neptunian region are: (i) most of the objects in the region beyond Neptune and up to $\sim\!50$ AU exist in very narrow zones located at orbital resonances with Neptune (particularly the 3:2 and the 2:1 resonan…”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Neptune's Migration into a Stirred-Up Kuiper Belt: A Detailed Comparison of Simulations to Observations

   Hahn and Malhotra · The Astronomical Journal · 2005

   N-body simulations of Neptune migrating outward through a stirred-up Kuiper Belt are compared quantitatively with observations, covering resonant captures, the Scattered Disk, Centaurs and subpopulation abundances.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations of Neptune's outward migration, distant resonances such as the 9:4, 7:3, 5:2 and 3:1 can hold particles in stable, eccentric orbits beyond 50 AU.“The more distant of these resonances, such as the 9:4, 7:3, 5:2, and the 3:1, can also capture particles in stable, eccentric orbits beyond 50 AU, in the region of phase space conventionally known as the Scattered Disk.”
   2. UncheckedIn these simulations, 90% of long-lived particles in the Scattered Disk zone were lifted there by Neptune's resonances, without ever closely encountering Neptune.“Indeed, 90% of the simulated particles that persist over the age of the Solar System in the so-called Scattered Disk zone never had a close encounter with Neptune, but instead were promoted into these eccentric orbits by Neptune's resonances during the migration epoch.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   JUMPING NEPTUNE CAN EXPLAIN THE KUIPER BELT KERNEL

   Nesvorný · The Astronomical Journal · 2015

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   1. Unchecked“The 2:1 resonance was at ~44 AU when Neptune reached ~28 AU.”
   2. Unchecked“If Neptune migration was conveniently slow after the jump, the sweeping 2:1 resonance would deplete the population of bodies at ~45-47 AU, thus contributing to the paucity of the low-inclination orbits in this region.”
   3. Unchecked“If Neptune's semimajor axis changed by fraction of AU at this point, perhaps because Neptune was scattered off of another planet, the 2:1 population would have been released at ~44 AU, and would remain there to this day.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The Fragility of the Terrestrial Planets During a Giant Planet Instability

   Kaib and Chambers · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2015

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   1. Unchecked“There is less than a ~5% chance that the terrestrial planet orbits will have a level of excitation comparable to the observed orbits.”
   2. Unchecked“If we factor in the probability that the outer planetary orbits are well-replicated, we find a probability of 1% or less that the orbital architectures of the inner and outer planets are simultaneously reproduced in the same system.”