Jupiter formed less than 3 million years after the birth of the solar system, making it the eldest planet. Saturn formed shortly after, amassing less material since Jupiter gobbled such a large portion of the outer disk.

#science #sciencefacts #jupiter #protoplanet #planet #accretiondisk #aarp

https://www.planetary.org/articles/solar-system-history-101

Confirmation and Keplerian motion of the gap-carving protoplanet HD 169142 b: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.11302 -> HD 169142 b, the third #protoplanet confirmed to date: https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_10938647/en/hd-169142-b-the-third-protoplanet-confirmed-to-date

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-hd-protoplanet-date.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1646227626258726930#m

Researchers confirm the existence of #HD169142b, the third #protoplanet confirmed to date https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/522/1/L51/7070740 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-hd-protoplanet-date.html

Confirmation and Keplerian motion of the gap-carving #protoplanet HD 169142 b: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/522/1/L51/7070740 -> Monash researchers confirm a new forming planet: https://www.monash.edu/science/news/current/monash-researchers-confirm-a-new-forming-planet

You had me at "Space Hurricane." :)

When new planets form in distant solar systems, they carve out space hurricanes and vortices in the surrounding dust that could lead astronomers straight to them.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/03/04/writer-fuel-space-hurricanes-could-help-us-find-more-exoplanets/

#WriterFuel #WritersofMastodon #Writer #Writers #Author #Author #Space #SpaceHurricane #Astronomy #Exoplanet #Exoplanet #ProtoPlanet #ProtoPlanets

#astronomy #Hubble #ABAurigae An article published in the journal "Nature Astronomy" reports a study on the #protoplanet cataloged as AB Aurigae b, a gas giant that is growing following an unusual process called disk instability.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/04/05/a-chaotic-planetary-formation-in-the-system-of-the-very-young-star-ab-aurigae/