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A new view on planet formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Sergei Nayakshin
Sergei Nayakshin*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UKSergei.Nayakshin@astro.le.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The standard picture of planet formation posits that giant gas planets are over-grown rocky planets massive enough to attract enormous gas atmospheres. It has been shown recently that the opposite point of view is physically plausible: the rocky terrestrial planets are former giant planet embryos dried of their gas “to the bone” by the influences of the parent star. Here we provide a brief overview of this “Tidal Downsizing” hypothesis in the context of the Solar System structure.

Keywords

planetary systemsplanets and satellites: formation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S276: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution , October 2010 , pp. 101 - 104
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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