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10 claims from 5 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The early instability scenario: Terrestrial planet formation during the giant planet instability, and the effect of collisional fragmentation

   Clement, Kaib, Raymond, Chambers and Walsh · Icarus · 2018

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   1. Unchecked“Collisional processes also tend to lengthen the dynamical accretion timescales of Earth analogs, and shorten those of Mars analogs.”
   2. Unchecked“Since the total particle number decreases slower when collisional fragmentation is accounted for, the growing planets' orbits are damped more strongly via dynamical friction and encounters with small bodies that dissipate angular momentum (eg: hit-and-run im…

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Reassessing the formation of the inner Oort cloud in an embedded star cluster

   Brasser, Duncan, Levison, Schwamb and Brown · Icarus · 2011

   Simulations of the Sun in an embedded birth cluster show an inner Oort cloud forming with edges at similar distances in all cases, in a way consistent with Sedna's existence.

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   1. UncheckedIn the simulated inner Oort clouds, Sedna sits at the very inner edge: about the innermost 2% for Plummer cluster models and 5% for Hernquist models.“All inner Oort clouds formed are consistent with the existence of (90377) Sedna, an inner Oort cloud dwarf planetoid, at the inner edge of the cloud: Sedna tends to be at the innermost 2% for Plummer models, while it is 5% for Hernquist models.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Accretion of Uranus and Neptune from inward-migrating planetary embryos blocked by Jupiter and Saturn

   Izidoro, Morbidelli, Raymond, Hersant and Pierens · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015

   N-body simulations including a gas disc suggest Uranus and Neptune could have formed from collisions between planetary embryos beyond Saturn, reproducing their similar masses.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations, ice giants of similar size to Uranus and Neptune form when planetary embryos beyond Saturn collide with one another.“We show that similar-size ice giants do indeed form by collisions between planetary embryos beyond Saturn.”
   2. UncheckedIn the authors' simulations, ice giants of similar size to Uranus and Neptune form consistently from 5-10 embryos of about 3-6 Earth masses each.“Similar-sized ice giants are consistently reproduced in simulations starting with 5-10 planetary embryos with initial masses of $\sim$3-6 ${\rm M_\oplus}$.”

4. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?

   Lykawka and Itô · The Astronomical Journal · 2023

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   1. Unchecked“We determined that an Earth-like planet (m ~ 1.5-3 Earth masses) located on a distant (semimajor axis a ~ 250-500 au, perihelion q ~ 200 au) and inclined (i ~ 30 deg) orbit can explain three fundamental properties of the distant Kuiper Belt: a prominent popu…
   2. Unchecked“Furthermore, the proposed KBP is compatible with the existence of identified Gyr-stable TNOs in the 2:1, 5:2, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, and 6:1 Neptunian mean motion resonances.”

5. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The Solar System could have formed in a low-viscosity disc: A dynamical study from giant planet migration to the Nice model

   Griveaud, Crida, Petit, Lega and Morbidelli · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024

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   1. Unchecked“The gaps open by giant planets are wider and deeper for lower viscosity, reducing the damping effect of the disc and thus weakening resonant chains.”
   2. Unchecked“In a thin PPD, the four giant planets revert their migration and migrate outwards.”
   3. Unchecked“For three of our resonant chains, about 1% of the final configurations pass the four criteria to fit the Solar System.”