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

   Planet populations inferred from debris discs

   Pearce, Launhardt, Ostermann et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2022

   The authors infer properties of unseen wide-orbit planets from 178 debris-disc systems, predicting typical planets of Neptune to Saturn mass and suggesting planet-stirring may dominate.

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   1. Unchecked“We show that a `typical' cold debris disc likely requires a Neptune- to Saturn-mass planet at 10-100 au, with some needing Jupiter-mass perturbers.”
   2. UncheckedMany debris discs would need unreasonably high masses to be self-stirred, so planets or companions may be what stirs many, perhaps all, of them.“We combine self-stirring and size-distribution modelling to show that many debris discs cannot be self-stirred without having unreasonably high masses; planet- or companion-stirring may therefore be the dominant mechanism in many (perhaps all) debris discs.”