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Interstellar Visitor May Have Altered Orbits of Our Outer Solar System Planets

Interstellar Visitor May Have Altered Orbits of Our Outer Solar System Planets
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7 Highlights
  • An interstellar object may have changed outer planets' orbits.
  • The object was possibly eight times Jupiter's mass.
  • This event might have happened 4 billion years ago.
  • 50,000 simulations were run; 1% matched our solar system.
  • The cosmic body approached Mars' current orbit.
  • Research suggests substellar visits are common in space.
  • Study on arXiv may reshape solar system dynamics understanding.
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