Jupiter’s decisive role in the inner Solar System’s early evolution
Jupiter’s decisive role in the inner Solar System’s early evolution
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木星在内太阳系早期演化中的决定性作用
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1423252112
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
G. Laughlin
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Batygin;G. Laughlin
Significance The Solar System is an unusual member of the galactic planetary census in that it lacks planets that reside in close proximity to the Sun. In this work, we propose that the primordial nebula-driven process responsible for retention of Jupiter and Saturn at large orbital radii and sculpting Mars’ low mass is also responsible for clearing out the Solar System’s innermost region. Cumulatively, our results place the Solar System and the mechanisms that shaped its unique orbital architecture into a broader, extrasolar context. The statistics of extrasolar planetary systems indicate that the default mode of planet formation generates planets with orbital periods shorter than 100 days and masses substantially exceeding that of the Earth. When viewed in this context, the Solar System is unusual. Here, we present simulations which show that a popular formation scenario for Jupiter and Saturn, in which Jupiter migrates inward from a > 5 astronomical units (AU) to a ≈ 1.5 AU before reversing direction, can explain the low overall mass of the Solar System’s terrestrial planets, as well as the absence of planets with a < 0.4 AU. Jupiter’s inward migration entrained s ≳ 10−100 km planetesimals into low-order mean motion resonances, shepherding and exciting their orbits. The resulting collisional cascade generated a planetesimal disk that, evolving under gas drag, would have driven any preexisting short-period planets into the Sun. In this scenario, the Solar System’s terrestrial planets formed from gas-starved mass-depleted debris that remained after the primary period of dynamical evolution.
DOI:
10.1146/annurev-astro-081811-125523
发表时间:
2012-03
影响因子:
33.3
作者:
W. Kley;R. Nelson
通讯作者:
W. Kley;R. Nelson
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Leinhardt Z
通讯作者:
Leinhardt Z