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THE object of this article is to point out the significance of some properties of Jupiter (the most massive planet in the solar system) for the problem of the origin of the solar system. The mass of Jupiter is 0.001 solar masses, and its orbital eccentricity is 0.05. The following discussion shows that these properties of Jupiter are primaeval, and that they have not been affected by the evolution of the solar system.
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KUMAR, S. On the Formation of the Solar System. Nature 233, 473–474 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233473a0
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