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5 claims from 3 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System

   Tsiganis, Gomes, Morbidelli and Levison · Nature · 2005

   The paper shows that giant planets starting on circular, flat orbits could evolve into today's configuration if Jupiter and Saturn crossed their 1:2 resonance, which migration could cause.

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   1. UncheckedJupiter and Saturn could have crossed their 1:2 orbital resonance as the giant planets migrated through interaction with a disk of planetesimals.“We show that this resonance crossing could have occurred as the giant planets migrated owing to their interaction with a disk of planetesimals.”
   2. UncheckedThe authors' model reproduces the giant planets' final orbital distances, eccentricities and mutual inclinations in the Solar System.“Our model reproduces all the important characteristics of the giant planets' orbits, namely their final semimajor axes, eccentricities and mutual inclinations.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   The Evidence for Slow Migration of Neptune from the Inclination Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects

   Nesvorný · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2015

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   1. Unchecked“By analyzing the orbital distribution of the implanted bodies in different cases we find that the inclination constraint implies that tau >= 10 Myr and a_{N,0} <= 25 AU.”

3. 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…