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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   INSTABILITY-DRIVEN DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION MODEL OF A PRIMORDIALLY FIVE-PLANET OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

   Batygin, Brown and Betts · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2011

   Simulations show many five-planet starting set-ups (two gas giants, three ice giants) can, via an instability that ejects one ice giant, produce an adequate outer solar system.

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   1. UncheckedSimulations suggest a five-planet start for the outer solar system can closely reproduce the observed secular eigenmodes of today's giant planets.“Particularly, our simulations demonstrate that the eigenmodes which characterize the outer solar system's secular dynamics can be closely matched with a 5-planet model.”
   2. UncheckedIf the extra fifth planet is thrown out quickly, a primordial cold classical Kuiper belt need not be orbitally excited in this five-planet scenario.“Furthermore, provided that the ejection timescale of the extra planet is short, orbital excitation of a primordial cold classical Kuiper belt can also be avoided in this scenario.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Constructing the secular architecture of the solar system I: The giant planets

   Morbidelli, Ramon, Kleomenis, Rodney and F. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2009

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   1. Unchecked“Using numerical simulations, we show that smooth migration of the giant planets through a planetesimal disk leads to an orbital architecture that is inconsistent with the current one: the resulting eccentricities and inclinations of their orbits are too smal…
   2. Unchecked“We show that, at the very least, encounters between Saturn and one of the ice giants (Uranus or Neptune) need to have occurred, in order to reproduce the current secular properties of the giant planets, in particular the amplitude of the two strongest eigenm…