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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Rethinking the role of the giant planet instability in terrestrial planet formation models

   Clement, Deienno and Izidoro · Icarus · 2022

   The authors simulated a giant planet instability after 50 million years on three nearly built terrestrial systems, and conclude that this late-instability scenario is possible but far more improbable than an earlier one.

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   1. UncheckedIn these simulations, a late giant planet instability triggers a Moon-forming impact but leaves overly excited systems with no Mars or Mercury analogues.“While the instability consistently triggers a Moon-forming impact and efficiently removes excessive material from the Mars-region in our models, we find that our final systems are too dynamically excited and devoid of Mars and Mercury analogs.”