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Lagrangian points in formation of proto-Jovians?
Work by Canup et al, among others, implicates Lagrangian points in
the Giant Impact Hypothesis for the formation of the moon from a Mars sized impactor which would have formed in the L4 or L5 points of the sun-earth system. The general idea is that chaotic motion effects would have eventually allowed a large Trojan point body to wander near to the young earth, ending in an impact. This raises a question... There is some mystery about the very short time span for the formation of our jovian planets, something like 2 to 3 million years, give or take a week :-) . So: Would the existence of early Lagrangian points in the proto-jovian orbits have measurably increased the efficiency and rate of mass accretion of our four jovian planets? One might even envision extra Lagrange points further along the orbits of the proto-jupiter and saturn, not just at ~60 degrees but ~120 degrees from the orbital primaries. Eg: a big mass at a proto-jovian L5 point might facilitate its own L5' point. At any rate, whatever the geometries of stability, if they could have occurred, could proto-jovian Lagrangian points have acted as extra conduits, following the Canup scenario, and thus feeding the giants which now seem to have grown to full size in such a short time? Just a thought. |
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