Our unlikely solar system
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 11:03
in Astronomy & Space
Recent modeling of solar mass stars with planetary systems, found that a system with four rocky planets and four gas giants in stable orbits and only a sparsely populated outer belt of planetesimals has only a 15 to 25% likelihood of developing. While you might be skeptical about the validity of a model that puts our best known planetary system in the unlikely basket, there may be some truth in this finding.