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Nice model

In astronomy, the Nice (/ˈniːs/) model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Côte d'Azur Observatory—where it was initially developed in 2005—in Nice, France. It proposes the migration of the giant planets from an initial compact configuration into their present positions, long after the…

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Five-planet Nice model

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Nice model

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples121
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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related to Trojans and the asteroid belt · 27
Nice model → After Jupiter, Ceres, D-type, Hilda, Hildas, If, Jupiter, Jupiter's, Kuiper-belt, L4, L5, L5 Lagrange, Later, Neptune, Nice, Objects, Poynting, Primordial, Robertson, Saturn
related to Modifications · 21
Nice model → D-type, During, Gravitational, Hydrodynamical, If, Investigations, Jupiter, Jupiters, Kuiper, Mars, Nice, Other, Pluto-massed, Saturn, Saturn's, Solar System, Some, Sun, The, The Nice
related to Five-planet Nice model · 17
Nice model → Although, David Nesvorný, Earth-masses, Following, Jupiter, Jupiter's, Kuiper, Late Heavy Bombardment, Neptune, Neptune's, Nice, Pluto-massed, Saturn, Saturn's, Solar System, The, This
related to Description · 16
Nice model → According, AU, Despite, Earth, In, Jupiter, Nature, Neptune, Nice, Planetesimals, Saturn, Solar, Solar System, The, This, Uranus
related to Outer-system satellites · 16
Nice model → Any, However, In, Jupiter, Neptune, Nice, Saturn, Solar System, Some, Subsequent, Such, The, These, Triton, Triton's, Uranus
related to The Late Heavy Bombardment · 9
Nice model → Also, However, Late Heavy Bombardment, LHB, Nice, Solar System's, The, The Nice, Vesta
related to External links · 7
Nice model → Animation, Just, March, Neptune Archived, Nice, Uranus, Wayback Machine
is a · 1
Nice model → triplet of papers published in the general science journal Nature in 2005 by an international collaboration of scientists

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neptune jupiter orbits planets objects solar model system nice giant disk resonance would belt saturn uranus planetesimals captured migration planetesimal

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Nice modelis atriplet of papers published in the general science journal Nature in 2005 by an international collaboration of scientists0.90text
the Kuiper beltinstance ofand the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies0.80text
the Neptuneinstance ofand the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies0.80text
Jupiter trojansinstance ofand the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies0.80text
and the numerous resonant trans-Neptunian objects dominated by Neptuneinstance ofand the existence of populations of small Solar System bodies0.80text
some objects in the outer asteroid beltinstance ofand spectral D-type asteroids0.80text
are remnant planetesimals from this captureinstance ofand spectral D-type asteroids0.80text
erosion processinstance ofand spectral D-type asteroids0.80text
Nice modelrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Nice modelrelated to DescriptionNice0.60section
Nice modelrelated to DescriptionNature0.60section
Nice modelrelated to DescriptionIn0.60section

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