CHANGING CONCEPTS in OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
The discovery -in recent years- of about 280 exoplanets and of their solar systems, calls into question some concepts about the genesis of our solar system (SS). The theory says that planets outside our SS (Jupiter, Saturn) were built by accretion of molecules of stellar gas and dust. Because of its remoteness, the solar energy did not disperse gaseous molecules. A little further in colder climates the ice giants Uranus and Neptune, developed its rocky inner core below liquid decks. 1) Alessandro Morbidelli (Côte d'Azur Observatory/France), ensures that no one knows how primitive pieces of rock of 1 m coalesce to form tens of km wide. Small rocks had more chance of being crushed by the pressure of the surrounding gas sending its wreckage to the sun, before it is compacted. Today it is believed that areas of local turbulence in the gas generated vortices of low pressure, allowing the compaction of rocks.
2) Another problem: gas giant exoplanets in close to their suns. Most known exoplanets are gas giants orbiting very close (a few AU: Earth-Sun distances) of its stars resembling solar satellites. Could it be that Jupiter and Saturn had been initially very close to our sun. Many astronomers believe that most of the planets in our SS were consolidated in the first 100 million years of its formation. Morbidelli that thinks alike, adds that a bit after the sun was formed, the conjunction of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn managed to throw with a gravitational boost to Uranus and Neptune to distant orbits. Small bodies on the way were sent back to Jupiter, making it moons while others were ejected out of our SS to non accreted areas (Oort, belt). The disturbance would have altered the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter conditioning the last big asteroids that impacts the Earth 4 billion years ago. 3) the existence in our SS of the called Planet X, a body of ice the size of Mars or Earth. 4) failure to explain the existence of orbits almost circular of our inner planets (Earth, Mars) and often almost elliptical for planets outside (perhaps explainable by differences in the size of their internal rocky cores). Everything suggests that planetary systems of exoplanets have different histories, in which giant planets are competing for living space, creating strange orbits.
NUEVAS IDEAS ACERCA del ORIGEN de NUESTRO S.SOLAR.
2) Another problem: gas giant exoplanets in close to their suns. Most known exoplanets are gas giants orbiting very close (a few AU: Earth-Sun distances) of its stars resembling solar satellites. Could it be that Jupiter and Saturn had been initially very close to our sun. Many astronomers believe that most of the planets in our SS were consolidated in the first 100 million years of its formation. Morbidelli that thinks alike, adds that a bit after the sun was formed, the conjunction of the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn managed to throw with a gravitational boost to Uranus and Neptune to distant orbits. Small bodies on the way were sent back to Jupiter, making it moons while others were ejected out of our SS to non accreted areas (Oort, belt). The disturbance would have altered the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter conditioning the last big asteroids that impacts the Earth 4 billion years ago. 3) the existence in our SS of the called Planet X, a body of ice the size of Mars or Earth. 4) failure to explain the existence of orbits almost circular of our inner planets (Earth, Mars) and often almost elliptical for planets outside (perhaps explainable by differences in the size of their internal rocky cores). Everything suggests that planetary systems of exoplanets have different histories, in which giant planets are competing for living space, creating strange orbits.
NUEVAS IDEAS ACERCA del ORIGEN de NUESTRO S.SOLAR.
El descubrimiento -en los últimos años-, de unos 280 exoplanetas y sus sistemas solares, pone en tela de juicio algunos conceptos en torno a la génesis de nuestro sistema solar (SS). La teoria dice que los planetas externos de nuestro SS (Júpiter, Saturno), se construyeron por acreción de moléculas de gases y polvo estelar. A causa de su lejanía, la energia solar no dispersó sus moléculas gaseosas. Un poco mas allá en climas mas frios los gigantes de hielo Urano y Neptuno, mantuvieron sus núcleos internos rocosos debajo de cubiertas liquidas. 1) Alessandro Morbidelli (Côte d'Azur Observatory/France), asegura que nadie sabe como primigenios pedazos de roca de 1 m coalescieron para formar cuerpos decenas de km de ancho. Las rocas pequeñas tenian mas chance de ser aplastadas por la presión del gas que los rodeaba enviando sus restos al sol, antes que se compactaran. Hoy se piensa que areas locales de turbulencia en el gas, generaron vórtices de baja presión, permitiendo la compactacion de rocas.
2) Otro problema : cercania de exoplanetas gigantes gaseosos hacia sus respectivos soles. La mayoria de exoplanetas conocidos son gigantes de gas orbitando muy cerca (unos pocos AU : distancias Tierra-Sol), de sus estrellas semejando satelites solares. Podria ser que Júpiter y Saturno hubiesen estado inicialmente muy cerca de nuestro sol. Por ello, muchos astronomos piensan que la mayoria de los planetas de nuestro SS se consolidaron en los primeros 100 millones de años de su formacion. Morbidelli que piensa igual, agrega que a poco de formado el sol, la conjuncion de las orbitas de Jupiter y Saturno gestaron un impulso gravitacional que lanzo a Urano y Neptuno a orbitas distantes. Pequeños cuerpos presentes en el camino regresaron a Júpiter, convirtiendose en lunas mientras otros eran eyectados fuera de nuestro SS, formando areas no acretadas (cinturon de Oort). El disturbio habria alterado al cinturon de asteroides presente entre Marte y Jupiter condicionando el ultimo gran bombardeo de asteroides que impacto la Tierra hace 4 billones de años. 3) Intriga la existencia en nuestro SS, del Planet X, un cuerpo helado del tamaño de Marte o la Tierra. 4) falta explicar la existencia de orbitas casi circulares para planetas interiores (Tierra, Marte) y a menudo casi elipticas para los planetas externos (explicables quizas por las diferencias en el tamaño de sus núcleos rocosos internos). Todo sugiere que los sistemas planetarios de exoplanetas tienen historias diferentes, en el que planetas gigantes compiten por espacios vitales, generando orbitas extrañas.
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