Re: Solar system building

Harry Erwin wrote:
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.


Isn't the limit to how large a Jovian can get simply the transition to a brown dwarf anyway?
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