Study suggests two giant 'super Earths' may have existed in early solar system before being ejected
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Deepa Jain
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A new study based on over 100 simulations suggests that the early solar system may have contained up to six giant planets, including two extra "super Earths" that orbited near Uranus and Neptune. These hypothetical planets helped reshape the orbits of other planets and their moons before being ejected into interstellar space within the first hundred million years of the solar system's existence.
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bskyStudy suggests two giant 'super Earths' may have existed in early solar system before being ejectedlivescience.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledSomething doesn't quite add up about the orbits of our solar system's eight planets and their hundreds of moons, a new study hints.
There may have once been two extra giant planets careening around the outer solar system, helping to reshape the orbits of the other planets before ultimately being kicked out into interstellar space.
Our solar system may have hosted up to six giant planets in its first hundred million years, a new study suggests.
The findings paint a more crowded picture of the early outer solar system than previously thought.
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