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WERE it suggested that planetary fission might occur in the solar system in its present state, then Dr Bailey's conclusions would evidently be applicable. But if we ascribe the smallness of the eccentricities of the planetary orbits to the effect of a resisting medium that was present in the early stages of the system, Bailey's criticism would not apply to fission occurring during those stages.
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McCrea, W. H., Nature, 223, 253 (1969); idib., 224, 29 (1969).
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MCCREA, W. Planetary Fission Events—Reply to J. M. Bailey. Nature 225, 49 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225049a0
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