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Grand Tack Hypothesis

Jupiter's early in-and-out wandering.

A model in which young Jupiter migrated inward to ~1.5 AU before Saturn pulled it back outward, sculpting the inner Solar System.

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A model in which young Jupiter migrated inward to ~1.5 AU before Saturn pulled it back outward, sculpting the inner Solar System.

See also

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

A standard ruler frozen into the early universe.

Laplace Resonance

A three-body 1:2:4 resonance, like Jupiter's moons.

Slow-roll Inflation

Inflationary model or process from the very early Universe.

Fast-roll Inflation

Inflationary model or process from the very early Universe.

Chaotic Inflation

Inflationary model or process from the very early Universe.

Natural Inflation

Inflationary model or process from the very early Universe.

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