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at its brightest and best, which details how the pull of gas giants can fundamentally change the futures of more minor planets orbiting the same star.
There are four gas giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The largest, Jupiter, has colossal gravitational effects that deflect asteroids and comets that could otherwise threaten Earth.In other star systems, gas giants can play a much more destructive role. As an example, the authors studied HD 141399, a star system also with four gas giant planets, which is 121 light-years from the solar system in the constellation Boötes.
"Our work gives us more reasons to be very grateful for the planetary configuration we have in our solar system," said Kane.
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