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Paper: Large Scattering Events and the Formation of Planetary Systems
Volume: 294, Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets
Page: 315
Authors: Thommes, E. W.
Abstract: In the nucleated instability picture of gas giant formation, the final stage is the rapid accretion of a massive gas envelope by a solid core, bringing about a tenfold or more increase in mass. This tends to trigger the scattering of any nearby bodies, including other would-be giant planet cores; it has been shown in past work that the typical outcome is an outer planetary system very similar to our own.
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