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Old 10-May-2006, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Svemir
So, the initial protoplanetary disk was more massive on the outer side of Uranus/Neptun since they migrated outwords even the disk was less dense then inner disc from wich all inner planets were formed and despite majority of debris disk's mass (Jupiter/Saturn et al.) was located in the place between the Sun and U/N system? (Do I smell Dark Matter here? :-))
Not necessarily (and apparently not in the case of this paper). It's possible that Jupiter and Saturn could have given Uranus and Neptune energy in a resonant "kick" that would send them to a larger orbit. (Think Earth-moon system.)
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