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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Was the Solar System's dynamical instability triggered by a (sub)stellar flyby?

   N. and A. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

   N-body simulations test whether a passing star or substellar object in the Sun's birth cluster could have triggered the Solar System's giant-planet instability, and how likely that would have been.

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   1. UncheckedIn these simulations, matching the giant planets' orbits without over-exciting the Kuiper belt needed a 3-30 Jupiter-mass flyby within 20 au of the Sun.“Successful simulations -- that match the giant planets' orbits without over-exciting the cold classical Kuiper belt -- are characterized by the flyby of a substellar object ($3-30 M_{Jup}$) passing within 20 au of the Sun.”