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5 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   YOUNG SOLAR SYSTEM's FIFTH GIANT PLANET?

   Nesvorný · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2011

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   1. Unchecked“We found that the dynamical simulations starting with a resonant system of four giant planets have a low success rate in matching the present orbits of giant planets, and various other constraints (e.g., survival of the terrestrial planets).”
   2. Unchecked“The dynamical evolution is typically too violent, if Jupiter and Saturn start in the 3:2 resonance, and leads to final systems with fewer than four planets.”
   3. Unchecked“Some of the statistically best results were obtained when assuming that the solar system initially had five giant planets and one ice giant, with the mass comparable to that of Uranus and Neptune, was ejected to interstellar space by Jupiter.”

2. 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

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   1. Unchecked“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. Unchecked“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.”