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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t suppose Neptune could have steadied the orbits of the objects nearest the center?


6 posted on 01/14/2010 3:41:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: cripplecreek

Neptune has a disrupted moon system, but its axis is basically perpendicular to the ecliptic; closer-in but less massive Uranus has a tipped axis but a basically normal moon system. One might say that Neptune absorbed the “missing” KBOs — or one could simply say, the standard model for planetary system formation is wrong. :’)


7 posted on 01/14/2010 4:18:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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