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5 claims from 3 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Accretion of Uranus and Neptune from inward-migrating planetary embryos blocked by Jupiter and Saturn

   Izidoro, Morbidelli, Raymond, Hersant and Pierens · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015

   N-body simulations including a gas disc suggest Uranus and Neptune could have formed from collisions between planetary embryos beyond Saturn, reproducing their similar masses.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations, ice giants of similar size to Uranus and Neptune form when planetary embryos beyond Saturn collide with one another.“We show that similar-size ice giants do indeed form by collisions between planetary embryos beyond Saturn.”
   2. UncheckedIn the authors' simulations, ice giants of similar size to Uranus and Neptune form consistently from 5-10 embryos of about 3-6 Earth masses each.“Similar-sized ice giants are consistently reproduced in simulations starting with 5-10 planetary embryos with initial masses of $\sim$3-6 ${\rm M_\oplus}$.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Terrestrial planet formation from a ring: long-term simulations accounting for the giant planet instability

   Woo, Nesvorný, Scora and Morbidelli · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024

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   1. Unchecked“About half of the simulations form a pair of Venus and Earth analogues and, independently, about 10% form a Mars analogue.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Scenarios for the Origin of the Orbits of the Trans-Neptunian Objects 2000 CR105 and 2003 VB12

   Morbidelli and H. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2004

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   1. Unchecked“Of all these mechanisms, the only one giving satisfactory results is the passage of a star.”
   2. Unchecked“Indeed, our simulations show that the passage of a solar mass star at about 800 AU only perturbs objects with semi-major axes larger than roughly 200 AU to large perihelion distances.”