Re: Solar system building

James Nicoll <jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


A recent paper indicates it's very unlikely an earth-sized moon can form
around a gas giant.

That's the one explaining why it is gas giant moons appear to
have a total mass about 0.01% of the planet they orbit?


Yes. My experience though with these models is that they tend to be
sensitive to assumptions. Treat them as (possibly strong) working
hypotheses.

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