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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

   Sedna and the Oort Cloud around a migrating Sun

   Kaib, Roškar and Quinn · Icarus · 2011

   Simulations of Oort Clouds around Sun-like stars in a Milky Way-like disk, allowing for the Sun's migration through the galaxy, suggest Sedna may belong to the Oort Cloud and that the cloud's structure varies widely.

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   1. UncheckedPassing stars help set the Oort Cloud's inner edge, which in these simulations sometimes reaches as far in as Sedna's orbit.“Contrary to previous understanding, we show that field star encounters play a pivotal role in setting the Oort Cloud's extreme inner edge, and due to their stochastic nature this inner edge sometimes extends to Sedna's orbit.”
   2. UncheckedIn simulations, the Sun's migration through the galaxy raises the chance of strong stellar passages, and Sedna-like orbits form around about 20-30% of solar-like stars.“The Sun's galactic migration heightens the chance of powerful stellar passages, and Sedna production occurs around ~20-30% of the solar-like stars we study.”
   3. UncheckedIn these simulations, the Oort Cloud's median distance depends on the closest the Sun came to the galactic centre during its orbital history.“Considering the entire Oort Cloud, we find its median distance depends on the minimum galactocentric distance attained during the Sun's orbital history.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Early Stellar Flybys are Unlikely: Improved Constraints from Sednoids and Large- q Trans-Neptunian Objects

   Hu, Huang, Gladman and Zhu · The Astrophysical Journal · 2025

   N-body simulations of close stellar flybys suggest that flybys able to explain sednoid orbits and their constraints are unlikely (at most about 5%) in the early Solar System.

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   1. UncheckedTo keep detached extreme TNOs at low inclinations, a passing star would need to move in the ecliptic plane or in a plane symmetric about it.“To meet the inclination constraint of detached extreme TNOs, flybys have to be either coplanar ($i_\star \sim 0^\circ$) or symmetric about the ecliptic plane ($ω_\star \sim 0^\circ, i_\star \sim 90^\circ$).”