A new view on planet formation

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2010-12-08

arxiv.org/abs/1012.1780v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

contributed talk to the IAU 276; 4 pages and 1 figure

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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.

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